The fruits of friendship - preview
I first went to Madagascar after my first year at university where I was studying Peace Studies at Bradford I think it was thanks to a little bit of being in the right place at the right time or maybe I was always meant to I worked for three months at Akany Avoko and was so humbled and in awe of their work that I jumped at the chance to return once I had graduated
Akany Avoko is a centre for destitute young women and children in Madagascar
It houses, cares for and educates abandoned children, orphans, teenage mothers, victims of abuse and children whose families are too poor to care for them Akany Avoko has strong links with Quakers in Britain Yearly Meeting, through QPSW and the annual Anglo-Malagasy exchange A number of Young Friends have visited Madagascar and volunteered there
Maud Grainger, Coggeshall & Colchester MM
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