We host four meetings a year with speakers on a range of subjects about Madagascar, from wildlife to politics, from minerals to healthcare. We are also pleased to publicise suitable events arranged by others.
Our meetings are held in central London at St George’s Bloomsbury; usually three of them in a year are on a Wednesday evening and one during the day on a Saturday. We serve delicious meals of Malagasy food, have a free bar and often host Malagasy music. Full details of the venue can be found by clicking here.
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Our events for 2010 are:
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Wednesday 20th January
Kevin Rushby, traveller and author on Indian Ocean Pirates.
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Wednesday 31st March
Professor Marcel Hommel, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on the ‘Tropical Diseases of Madagascar’..
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Wednesday 16th June
Nigel Vardy, mountaineer and author, on ‘Seventh Heaven’, and the Society's AGM.
Summary of the talk Minutes of the AGM
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Saturday 9th October (daytime meeting)
Yvonne Orengo, of the Andrew Lees Trust, on ‘Handing Over’, a story in the sustainability of development projects for the longer term, including how ALT are handing over their radio networks to local partners and building capacity in the farming sector in the drought areas of southern Madagascar.
Ulrike Meinhof, of Southampton University, on ‘Malagasy Music’.
Daniel Austin, acclaimed wildlife photographer and founder of the Madagascar Library, with a slide show 'Images of Magagascar'.
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The events we held in 2009, with where possible reports on them for those unable to attend, were:
Saturday 3rd October
Julia Footnick, of the Zoological Society of London, on "Lokobe, from closed reserve to national park - an ecotourism initiative in Nosy Be".
Brian Donaldson, ex-ambassador to Madagascar, on “ The Small Grants Scheme", its evolution from the Madagascar Development Fund, its role in rural development and its contribution development and political stability.
Oliver Backhouse, of MOSS, on "Ophthalmology in Madagascar, and the new Leeds OPTIN linkage in the four priority areas of ophthalmology, nursing, medical physics and rehabilitation".
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Wednesday 17th June
AGM followed by John Mack, Professor of World Art Studies at the University of East Anglia and former Director of the Museum of Mankind, on ‘Malagasy Art’.
Summary of the talk Minutes of the AGM
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Wednesday 1st April
Stephen Wilkinson, former Director of Akany Avoko children’s home, on ‘38 years of ups and downs in Madagascar’.
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Wednesday 28th January 2009
Colin Bird, Chief Executive Officer of Jubilee Platinum PLC, on ‘Mining potential
in Madagascar’.
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