About Us
Fianarana is a project of our non-profit nature conservation and development organisation CHANGING.
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Malagasy-Swiss
We are registered in Switzerland and Madagascar and are deliberately the sole operator of our projects for reasons of efficiency and quality.
Vision and Purpose
The project Kafeala involves the planting of over 120 indigenous tree and shrub species on land legally and cadastrally owned by our organisation. From the seventh year, the protection of the resulting forest ecosystems is financially self-sustaining through their own not-for-profit production of coffee and forest honey.
The project Fianarana enables socially disadvantaged, motivated teenagers and young adults to study at university and accompanies them on their way to a self-determined future.
Association in Switzerland
NGO in Madagascar
Finances
In honest cooperation
Fianarana is mainly funded by donations from well-meaning charitable foundations in Switzerland. As a small project, this is the most efficient form of cooperation for us.
In the interest of respecting the preferences of our donors, we only publish the names of partnerships if we have received explicit authorisation to do so. Institutions that prefer to remain anonymous are not listed.
Working Methods
The following seven characteristics define our way of working.
Honest and authentic
We stand by the truth, make mistakes, report them and learn from them. We also identify strongly with our projects and implement them 100% in line with our values.
Ambitious
Nothing is more important to us than having an impact that makes the difference. That's why we put so much passion, time and energy into our work and are proud of our team's tireless efforts.
With a clear conscience
We do our best to be at peace with ourselves, and we specifically do not work with institutions or individuals who engage in greenwashing. The list of legal entities from which we do not accept donations is long.
Realistic
How is Madagascar supposed to achieve quality education by 2030 when two out of three children drop out of primary school today? As much as we would like to, Madagascar is unlikely to achieve any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Madagascar will probably always remain one of the poorest countries because of corruption, the work culture and the fact that most development projects are doomed to fail. We at CHANGING are also too small and the problems too big to ever achieve our vision. This is not pessimism, but pure realism. And it is precisely this sober view that is fundamental to understanding social problems and developing effective solutions.
Innovative
We have the courage to use innovative approaches to restore forests in an area that has been extensively cleared and to produce honey in a region where there is no beekeeping. With Fianarana, we are also the only ones making a contribution to solving the acute local education problem.
Sole operator
From planning to implementation: for reasons of efficiency and quality, we are the sole operator of our projects and thus have full control. Of course, we are always open to expanding our know-how.
Well networked and directly on site
Nomena RAMAROZATOVO's grandfather was once a teacher in Fihaonana, where CHANGING's legal headquarters and large garden are located. The organisation's domicile, in which the project management lives and which it financed out of its own pocket, is located there. (Both the garden and the domicile legally belong to our NGO.) We are well networked through our employees and the families of the beneficiaries, which simplifies development cooperation enormously in many respects.
Contact
Get in touch with us.
Phone
Mailing Address
Sackweidhöhe 4
6012 Obernau
Switzerland