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editor
Adriana Gulotta

 

15/04/2008
Madagascar- Antananarivo

A family home
for the children of Antananarivo,
supported by the Community of Sant�Egidio�s
long-distance sponsorship program

 

The country

Madagascar has a population of approximately 19 million. Of these, nine and a half million are minors: between the ages of 0 and 18 years, and around 1 million of these are orphans. But there are in fact many more abandoned children: poverty and unstable family relations are the major causes of this phenomenon, which is reaching alarming proportions especially in urban environments. In Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, where around 70% of inhabitants live below the poverty line (on less than one euro per day), there has been disproportionate growth in the number of street children.

The family home

In response to this emergency, in Antananarivo, the Community of Sant�Egidio�s Family Home has come into existence.

It is a real house: designed in accordance with the best welfare standards while aiming at providing a �family-style� welcome.

 

This is the first project of its kind in Madagascar, where the usual fate for abandoned children is to be gathered in large-scale institutions where, unfortunately, they are unlikely to find the necessary emotional support for healthy development.


The little twins on their arrival

Three months later

Children with their �moms�

The house is currently home to 8 children. The youngest is one month old and the oldest is just over 2 years old. They are growing well, and have started to smile and to play with each other. The Family Home offers them a shared family environment and the certainty of a secure and protected future.

 

 


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