Ankarana Education Project
Welcome to our new site…the Ankarana Education Project!
After years of collaboration and months of hard work, we have just established an NGO called Atsika – which means “We” or “Us” in the Ankarana dialect of northwest Madagascar. The Ankarana Education Project is a key activity within Atsika, focused on addressing formal and informal education needs in the Ankarana region, beginning with the Analasatrana community school. You can skip ahead and read more about the community school here.
Through Atsika, we will undertake a range of conservation and sustainable development initiatives.
Our Atsika mission statement is:
to foster sustainable community development in the Ankarana region by providing education, promoting alternative livelihoods, and increasing access to information, while conserving the environment and preserving the culture.
- community-based ecotourism is a wonderful way to support the Ankarana. contact us to help arrange your visit.
The Atsika initiative is being spearheaded by former Peace Corps Volunteers Julia Nelson and Christi Turner, in collaboration with the anthropology department at the University of Western Ontario, and a group of charitable donors in the United Kingdom. Our partnership with the Ankarana community spans nearly two decades and three continents.
Our collaboration has just sparked this new article in Anthropology News, called Good Neighbors. Read here to see how we all ended up working together, in collaboration with the Antakarana community.
The Analasatrana Community School was begun in 2008, and in 2011 it opened its doors to nearly 100 young students! This is the first time that Analasatrana has ever had its own school, and Atsika is committed to supporting it as it grows into a robust education institution.
We look forward to sharing more news with you soon, and to your support of our endeavors!
the future of the Ankarana
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