The most enjoyable and encouraging thing in our work at AiNA soa is hearing about the impact of our first aid training on the participants. Mostly their minds have changed from being afraid to feeling empowered, from panicking to being thoughtful and thinking. These changes are a benefit for the participants and for their
This period of the year was marked by training sessions with different partners, old and new. AiNA soa teams were out around Tana and in the regions. Scouts and Ministry of Youth While the youth in Antsirabe on National Road 7 were trained, the preparation of the sessions on the National Road 25 went
My name is Mamitiana. Since 2018 I've been in charge of maintenance, cleaning and cooking at AiNA soa. After training as a first aid instructor through Flying Instructor, I’m also an assistant trainer in AiNA soa. I'm proud of my job, the place and situation I currently find myself in. However I have to
A happy child One evening, around sunset, I had to accompany my mother home. In the street, 3 boys were sitting, playing with nothing. Seeing my mother with 3 balloons in her hands, balloons she had brought for her grandsons, they couldn't help begging for them. But my mother, imagining the joy of her
We had the opportunity to go on a mission to the port city Tamatave during our voluntary serviceAdventure in our hearts, the streets of Madagascar under our wheels, and a mission to change not only the country but us as well - this is how our exciting journey towards Tamatave began.With the first light of
At the end of June a team of AiNA soa was once again in Antsirabe, where we were able to train youth and scouts from the region.The training went well, even though in Antsirabe the upcoming festivities for Independence Day were already obvious. The participants were motivated to take part in the training and left
The Wings for Life World Run 2023 in Madagascar was an extraordinary experience for us, a small but determined team of non-professional runners. Our Challenge The last time most of us engaged in sports was back in high school. That was about twenty years ago. What hasn't changed is that our free time and
The dry season has started When it becomes summer in Switzerland, the southern winter arrives in Madagascar. The climate on the big island is now drier and colder. The roads are passable so that our team could carry out first aid training in the capital as well as in more distant regions in the
One thing that made me happy last week was completing a one-hour task in ten minutes… Sometimes we don't need to use so much effort to accomplish our assignments; we just need to work a little smarter.The air of revolution is now, so we have many tools to refine our research on what we
"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013, former President of South Africa) Switzerland and Madagascar are two countries with very different education systems. The exchange between Switzerland and Madagascar via AiNA soa made us aware of the complexity of cultural differences. Our culture
