ABOUT THE DODWELL TRUST
 
The Dodwell Trust – a registered UK charity, was started in 1995 by Christina Dodwell to help the people of Madagascar.
 
Alongside Mitondrasoa – the Malagasy NGO created as local partner, the Trust's chosen field is in family health, education, and sustainable development through Malagasy radio, and Volunteer schemes.
 
Our small but well-trained Malagasy team carry out the production and national broadcast of radio programmes, in long and short series, the longest lasted 3 years and won the hearts of 10 million listeners.
 
To assist the participation of listeners, our team set up and trained 1800 groups throughout the country, using wind-up/solar radios donated to the project. These groups, the first of their type in Madagascar, provide monthly feedback about the issues. Our goal is to reduce poverty by:
 
improving the ability of young people to play a positive role in sustainable development, and to improve their capacity to communicate with the English-speaking world about development issues;
 
improving the capacity of grass-roots individuals and communities to achieve leverage and generate revenue.
 
Volunteers have always been welcome to help with teaching English and our community development projects. Click on volunteer link for info.