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Banana fibre particle board making machinery

http://ecogreenunits.blogspot.com/2010/03/banana-fibre-particle-board-making.html

Madagascar: LONELY PLANET!

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/madagascar

Examples of schools in RURAL Madagascar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUohcSnt1Do&feature=related

Don't mind the singing.. :/ just mute your speakers or turn them down :)

Converting Coconuts into Value-Added Products

http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/views/coconuts.pdf

http://www.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/45A02358-8B96-49B2-B642-3F907F487287/53774/coconutArtkel.pdf

idea for rice husk/mushroom foam seat

CULTURE IN MADAGASCAR

Britannica online

The Mahafaly have a remarkable wood-carving industry, and their tombs of coloured stones and carved wooden posts are among the most beautiful on the island. The woodworking skills of the Zafimaniry, exemplified by their elaborate carved designs, are also renowned; their knowledge of woodcraft is included by UNESCO among its designations of Intangible Cultural Heritage, intended to safeguard nonmaterial cultural properties. The Betsileo also have a thriving wood-carving industry, making inlaid furniture of valuable hardwoods. In addition they produce ornamental cloths of very finely woven raffia and have become specialists in the production of coloured straw hats. Betsileo and Merina women in particular are expert in French-style embroidery, sewing, and dressmaking.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/355562/Madagascar/279540/Ethnic-groups

Flash appeal: Child survival, development and protection at stake in Madagascar

• Close to a quarter of a million of children under the age of five live in three food-insecure regions in the south of the country and are at risk of malnutrition

• An estimated 10,000 children had their education interrupted by the two cyclones, Cyclone Eric and Cyclone Fenele, that hit the southwest and northeast coasts in January

• Another 116,000 children around the country were out of school at certain times during the recent political instability here

• Interruption of water and sanitation services in main towns puts up to 100,000 children at risk of water-borne diseases
• And the recent unusual rates of violence have caused a high level of stress among children and youths who have almost no access to the required psychosocial support.

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/madagascar_49050.html

MADAGASCAR WEBSITE LINKS (allocated research tasks)

http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2981,en_2649_201185_1_70609_1_1_1,00.html

http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/

http://www.expat-blog.com/en/directory/africa/madagascar/

http://sf5mc5tj5v.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Madagascar&rft.jtitle=Africa+Research+Bulletin:+Political,+Social+and+Cultural+Series&rft.au=Anonymous&rft.date=2009-11-01&rft.issn=0001-9844&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=10&rft.spage=18144A&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2009.02600.x&rft.externalDBID=FRBP&rft.externalDocID=1901623381
(not sure if you guys can access this one)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/355562/Madagascar/279540/Ethnic-groups

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20madagascar.htm

http://www.cies.org/country/madagascar.htm


THANKS TOM!

UNICEF: Schools for Africa

UNICEF Helping in these selected parts of Africa,  that have been devastated by disaster and whose school enrolments are the lowest in the country.

africa's tropical-subtropical regions (elephant grass growing areas)

vid

rice straw

http://www.ecopanelsystems.com/rice.html

sustainable building materials from rice straw

http://www.biomassandbioenergy.nl/filesricestraw/KeijsersSustainableBuilding.pdf

worldwide rice yield

map of africa for elephant grass

links

http://www.unicef.org/

http://www.indexaward.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=458&Itemid=292