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Cyclone Haruna Response
Blue Ventures is appealing for your support in response to cyclone Haruna which hit the south west coast of Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm on Friday 22nd February.
Our partner communities in the Velondriake area are struggling to access clean drinking water following the cyclone, wells have been contaminated by floodwater mixed with rubbish and human waste, and many people are suffering from diarrhoea. Malaria is also high risk because standing water is providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitos, and people who are sleeping out in the open since their homes have been destroyed are particularly vulnerable.
In response to this critical situation, our community health team in Andavadoaka has quickly mobilised to disseminate vital health information and distribute water purifying solution, diarrhoea treatment kits and insecticide-treated mosquito nets through our network of community-based distributors.
Velondriake is extremely isolated and these remote communities have no way of accessing life-saving supplies in the short-term without our assistance. We are therefore urgently trying to raise at least £4,000 in order to purchase, transport and distribute more stocks of water purifying solution, diarrhoea treatment kits and insecticide-treated mosquito nets to communities in and around Velondriake, home to over 15,000 people.
We will also be working even harder to minimise the risk of any future natural disasters having such a devastating impact on our partner villages, so once the aim of this special appeal has been achieved, any surplus or unused funds will therefore be used for our charity's general aims, including to strengthen our ongoing Population-Health-Environment programme that supports the Velondriake communities to improve their health and thereby increase their resilience to natural disasters in the long-term.
Click here to read our latest update on the situation.
Please note that we will be closing this special appeal on Friday 29th March.
Recent donors
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Richenda £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 29.03.13 Keep up the great work! |
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Anonymous £500.00 (+ £125.00 giftaid) 28.03.13 |
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Anonymous £10.00 27.03.13 |
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Heather Hewitt's dad. £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 23.03.13 Here's to purified drinking water!! God Bless everyone affected in Madagascar. |
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Anonymous £250.00 (+ £62.50 giftaid) 19.03.13 |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.03.13 |
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Anonymous £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 14.03.13 |
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Guillaume Marchais £50.00 13.03.13 I was a volunteer in February 2008 in Andavodoaka, and I know that when you say you need help it is really true. Fantastic work you do - keep going. Best regards |
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Anonymous £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 12.03.13 Good luck, hope everything is going ok, thinking of you guys. Hazel |
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Anthony O'Brien £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 12.03.13 Donation |
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Anonymous £10.00 12.03.13 Sending love and best wishes from the US. |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 12.03.13 |
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The American School of Antananarivo £50.00 11.03.13 |
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Anonymous £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 11.03.13 |
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Glenn Peabody £67.00 10.03.13 Thank you to all those who are helping! |
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Paul Ad Andrian £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 10.03.13 Tanan-kavia sy havanana ka izay andidiana maharary |
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Ruth Frost £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 10.03.13 Well done guys for supporting your local communities. Good luck |
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Heidi Janicke £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 10.03.13 |
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Andrew & Cherryl Chester £50.00 10.03.13 Wishing you all the best under the circumstances. Hoping you manage to raise the funds required for drinking water and a better quality of life. Andrew & Cherryl Chester |
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Alan H. Savitzky £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 10.03.13 In appreciation for Blue Ventures' involvement with the relief effort. |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 09.03.13 |
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Raj £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 09.03.13 |
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lucienne anczykowski £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 08.03.13 |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 08.03.13 |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 08.03.13 |
Running total
- Target:
- £4,000.00
- Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
- £9,551.30
- Total donors:
- 138
- Biggest donor:
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Anonymous
£500.00 - Last donor:
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Richenda
29.03.13 - Offline fundraising:
- £1,865.80
