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Name : | Mr. V. Mbolaniaina Rakotoarisoa |
| Country : | Madagascar | |
| Native language : | Malagasy | |
| Work Position : | Agricultural Trainer | |
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Work |
As the eldest of eight children growing up on a farm in Madagascar, Vincent Mbolaniaina Rakotoariosa has always been a natural leader called to share his knowledge with others. As an Agricultural Trainer, Mr. Rakotoariosa facilitates learning for rural farmers at Association VONONA. One of only three full-time employees, his work includes classes to assist farmers to learn better cultivation practices, practical field work and office assistance when needed. For the past four years, he has been teaching farmers to adopt more productive growing techniques. After ARI training Mr. Rakotoariosa hopes to help build up Association VONONA with new integrated organic farming techniques and classes in rural leadership and community organization. In addition to his work in agriculture, Mr. Rakotoarisoa has completed training to become a Peer Educator in Adolescent Reproductive Health and volunteers with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA. The UNFPA provides programs to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.
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Sending Organization |
Association VONONA assists rural communities in their efforts to achieve durable development and helps to improve individual agricultural worker’s skills. The students at Association VONONA are often uneducated and live in such rural conditions that they do not have access to electricity. Similarly, the villages and people they serve live on an economy of subsistence where almost all of the food they produce is for the needs of their own family. The organization provides training services in crops and animal husbandry and stresses hands-on application of all new skills by further training sessions in the organization’s own fields. In addition, they facilitate ways for farmers to purchase needed farming equipment and provide veterinary care.
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