Rural School Development
Don't you have this backward? In a developing-world country, shouldn't the urban schools come first?
The urban schools' problems are only beginning because of the students and families who are coming from the rural areas.
80% of Madagascar's population live in rural areas where most people live on a subsistence level with one or two cash crops a year.
According to the World Bank, [1] 35% of deaths among children under five are related to malnutrition.
In response to this focus, 80% of PFM's projects and budget are committed to development of Madagascar's rural communities (20% to the urban context).
Combats:
-Urban migration by rural peoples
-Child-trafficking
-Teenage prostitution
-Urban poverty and crime
-Family violence
-Deepening of the cycle of poverty
Achieves:
-Development of rural schools
-Preservation of Malagasy culture and heritage
-AIDS awareness and education
-Family planning training
-Preservation of the environment
PFM's Current Project, Primary School, Amboditanana, Fianarantsoa
Students have returned to school since PFM started its hot lunch program that frees the parents for their farming duties and guards against child-labor.
