bonjour
je part le 26 mars sur mada et je recherche des vetements d été toutes tailles, jeux electronique(games boy et autres), tel portables, etc...
je peux me déplacer sur paris et banlieue nord
par avance merci pour vos offres
cdlt
daniel
Question portable par exemple, n'emmenez pas le vôtre et achetez en un pour vous & tous ceux que vous voulez;
Ils assurent un max pour ça, cybercafé, Chine....clés usb, sd card, ça y payent cher; et ça prend pas de place!
Vêtements, OK, mais tout ce que vous donnerez sera revendu;
A moins peut-être d'avoir le temps de vivre un temps avec les gens à qui vous donnez!
L' occidental est pauvre de temps et en face, l'autre attend! et vit dans un mythe absolu de notre infinie richesse.
Question de survie; amenez du riz!
Mais, n'espérez surtout pas de reconnaissance.
On en est pas là dans la survie.
Je dis ça parce que mes séjours à Mada ont épuré ma naiveté.
depuis, je cherche, que donner, à qui, comment donner?
Tiens, une bonne question qui doit avoir été déjà abordée sur le forum.
Bonjour
Effectivement la question du don a déja été abordé et elle l est assez souvent. Certainement aussi parce que beaucoup ont une inclination a la solidarité et que plein d autres ont quelque experience a ce propos qu ils aiment a partager, histoire de ne pas refaire les memes erreurs.
Donc perso, je deconseille les dons de produits importés (hors produits typiques style un parfum ou des specialités locales) qu ils soient neufs ou de recup, tt simplement parce qu ils contribuent a concurrencer les commercants locaux voire les producteurs locaux (mais a Mada, il n y a quasi plus aucun bien intermdiaire vita malagasy malheureusement) et donc a detruire encore plus le tissu economique local. Un portable amené d ici, c est simplement un portable pas acheté la bas. Si on veut donner ce type de choses, il faut casser sa tirelire a Mada et acheter malgache. A mon avis aussi, dans la psychologie collective, cette idée que les choses bonnes viennent forcément de l extérieur n est pas excellente, elle induit un genre de dépendance mentale (qu il est assez simple de constater sur place en discutant avec les gens rencontrés) et economique fallatieuse. Et le but ce n est pas cela.
Et puis donner, ce doit etre un geste réfléchi, un geste muri dans le cadre d une relation meme superficielle. Hormis dans le cas des mendiants, totalement démunis et désocialisés, l aumone a des consequences nefastes. Les gens ont besoin de fierté, d estime d eux memes et pas seulement de mains tendus. De relations humaines et pas de condescendance.
Alors ne pas donner a tout va, j ai vu souvent les gens se balladant les bics a la main, entourés d une nuée d enfants, les jetant a la cantonnade sans vraiment s attarder, parfois juste pour une photo ou pour le camescope. Alors le fait on pour l Autre ou uniquement pour nous meme ? une question a se poser aussi.
Pour quelqu un qu on connait un peu ou qui a rendu un service, on peut faire un geste bien entendu et bien souvent du riz, c est le mieux, c est la nourriture de base et c est une depense de plus en plus lourde pour les menages. Et pour cela, il suffit d acheter sur place encore une fois.
C est simplement un avis perso qui ne regarde que moi, aucune regle a suivre car tt cela est bien complexe mais surtt des questions a se poser : ce qu on fait n est pas anodin.
Voila.
Hi, I’m Jonathan—I’m 38 years old and a nursing assistant with quite a bit of experience. I’d like to do humanitarian missions in different countries where I can really gain experience and truly thrive. If you have any leads, don’t hesitate to share them with me.
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I’m a volunteer leader at a youth center (MJC), and we’ve been deeply moved by everything happening in Madagascar—extreme poverty, endangered animals, deforestation, and so on. Plus, one of our teens has a Malagasy friend, so our group wants to travel there next year.
Throughout this year, they’ve planned fundraisers to collect donations (sheets, dish towels, schoolbooks, hygiene products, etc.) and funds to cover their trip and stay.
They’re really motivated and generous—they already volunteer in schools and senior centers, and they’re always welcomed warmly.
But so far, they haven’t found any organizations in Madagascar willing to host them for two weeks (orphanages, schools, animal protection parks, etc.).
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After 8 months of volunteering in Tanzania at a center for street children, I’d like to go back for a year in the same kind of role—this time in Burkina. So I’m looking for contacts in this field, in Ouaga or elsewhere. I’m *super* motivated! It’s been over two years since I got back from Tanzania, and I’m starting to feel restless!
Thanks so much!!
Emmanuelle.
Solidafrica is a recognized humanitarian association of general interest. We donate wheelchairs in Africa. We currently have 2 wheelchairs that we would like to give to our partner, the Benin Handisport Federation. If you're traveling to Benin, alone or with someone, we could give you one of these 2 wheelchairs (or both). Out of the 40 kg of luggage you're allowed, a wheelchair will only take up less than half. Our partner can pick it up at Cotonou Airport...
Help us give away at least one of these wheelchairs, turning your trip into a solidarity and humanitarian action.
Don't hesitate to ask us for more information.
www.solidafrica.asso.fr
We've already done this through the VoyageForum site, and everything went very smoothly. We're present at departure from one of the Paris airports, just in case.
Hi,
I’m interested in humanitarian missions—want to explore and help others while showing my kids how things work elsewhere and pitching in.
Looking for advice.
Hello, we’d like to travel as a family to Madagascar (2 parents, 2 kids aged 10 and 12). A first trip over 15 years ago completely amazed and moved me with its beauty, kindness, and life experiences—but also its poverty and hardship. That’s why I think it’s possible to introduce our kids to this island while also doing something useful through volunteering. The window is short—15 days in March 2020—which means avoiding the north and east of the island due to cyclones and focusing on the south instead. Some ecovolunteering projects exist online, but the cost is sometimes prohibitive, and kids are rarely accepted. Do you have any ideas or contacts? Thanks in advance!