This giving Tuesday we’re inviting you into the heart of our Community Health Programme (CHP) in Madagascar – a programme focused on something incredibly simple, but utterly life-changing.

Clean Water, good hygiene and safe sanitation.

For communities living far beyond the road network, diarrhoea, worms and waterborne illness are a daily reality. Many families rely on rivers or open water sources. Handwashing facilities are rare. Toilets are basic or non-existent.

The CHP exists to change that.

A look into our CHP

What is the Community Health Programme (CHP)?

The CHP is HoverAid’s WASH-focused programme working with remote river communities in Madagascar. It’s all about:

• Water – helping communities protect and treat their drinking water
• Santitation – encouraging safe, dignified toilets and better waste management
• Hygiene – promoting handwashing, safe food preparation and household cleanliness

We work with communities, not just in them. That means:

• Training local leaders to continue to promote WASH.
• Running practical demonstrations (like building tippy-tap stations for handwashing)
• Using simple visual tools for communitites with low literacy
• Setting up associations to encourage accountability and maintain resources and lessons

The majority of our CHP work is focused around the Mangoky and Makay riverbanks. Where there is little to no vehicle access via road and the river is often too shallow for boats to venture up. Our newest hovercraft FAITH has now successfully been deployed and is enabling the communities, that would otherwise only be reachable by a very long walk on foot.

Why We Need Your Support This Giving Tuesday

in 2026 , we want to strengthen and expand the CHP so that more families can drink clean water, wash their hands and live in healthier environments.

Your Giving Tuesday donation will help us:

Reach more communities
We are regularly ask the start CHP activities in new villages along the river. Each new community means new training, more visits and more materials.

Train and support more local CHP leaders
Local leaders are the backbones of the programme. They are the trusted neighbours who can continue to encourage and maintain the community’s hygiene habits day in, day out after we leave.

Improve water safety
From promoting household water treatment and safer storage to supporting basic infrastructure improvements where possible.

Improve sanitation and hygiene behaviour
We focus on what’s realistic and sustainable in each community – small changes, repeated often, that add up to big health impacts.

What it costs to run the CHP

Your Gift This Giving Tuesday

When you give to the CHP this Giving Tuesday, you are helping:

• Families drink cleaner water
• Children wash their hands at home and at school
• Communities protect their rivers and surroundings
• Local volunteers keep sharing life-changing WASH messages.

You may never visit these villages in person – but through your generosity, your impact will travel up the river and into homes that are otherwise out of reach.

Donate Now – Support the Community Health Programme

Thank you for standing with remote communities in Madagascar and for believing that clean water, safe sanitation and good hygiene should be within everyone’s reach.