Access to education and food for young Madagascans
Fonds de dotation Merci
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2,198month's school and canteen fees in Madagascar funded
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1.5 € = 1 month's school and canteen fees in Madagascar
Why we love it?
Marie-France and Bernard Cohen are entrepreneurs for whom philanthropy has always been a matter of course: after the success of the Bonpoint brand, they created the Merci concept store, the profits from which are donated to the eponymous endowment fund set up to finance and support solidarity projects on a regular, long-term basis. In 2013, they donated the entire proceeds from the sale of Merci to this fund, and since then they have continued the family adventure of solidarity.
Challenge
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The Merci Endowment Fund works with the Abc Domino association in the Tuléar region of southwest Madagascar. This region is ranked by the International Monetary Fund as the 4th poorest country in the world. In this particularly poor and isolated province, deserted by international organizations, 47% of children under the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition and access to school is a daily challenge for all children.
Solution
Since 2010, the Merci Endowment Fund has been involved in the construction of 6 elementary school, 2 middle schools and 1 high school, providing schooling for 3,500 children with its long-standing partner Abc Domino. The Merci Endowment Fund also supports the provisioning of 6 canteens, ensuring a daily meal for pupils, sometimes the only one of the day. In 2022, an IT school opened its doors to welcome the first baccalaureate graduates.
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On the way to a third college... in Madagascar 🇲🇬🏫
💪 We're proud to note that enrolment in Abc domino schools is rising steadily, mainly in middle school, even though it's usually at this point in schooling that girls stop studying. This is the result of many years of commitment to education in this forgotten area. We can only congratulate ourselves! But it is also a growing responsibility for the Merci and Abc domino Endowment Fund not to abandon these children, to continue to accompany them to the highest level of study.
In the second half of 2024, we are committed to the construction of a new middle school for the children of Ankilibory and Belitsaka, in the south of Madagascar's west coast 🏫.
The future middle school will accommodate 200 students 🎯.
At December 31, 2023, here are some of the year's highlights
As of December 31, 2023, here are some of the significant figures that marked the year:
- A 15% increase in secondary school enrolment;
- An increase in the number of pupils from 3,500 to 3,690 children enrolled;
- 125 teachers;
- 100% success rate in the Brevet des collèges;
- 91% success rate in the Baccalauréat compared with the national average of 57%.
- An increase in the number of pupils from 3,500 to 3,690 children enrolled;
- 125 teachers;
- 100% success rate in the Brevet des collèges;
- 91% success rate in the Baccalauréat compared with the national average of 57%.
Encouraging results for the coming year... 💪 !
The money will be used for
With €15,000, the Merci Endowment Fund provides full school fees for 100 children for a year in Madagascar. It also provides each child with a daily meal. This sum includes school fees, teachers' salaries, building maintenance, canteen for one year, animation of vegetable gardens, sewing workshops and libraries, as well as taking charge of new works such as new classrooms.
100% of donations received are used in full for the projects. Operating costs are covered by the administrators.
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