The HoverAid team returned to Ambatolahy in August for another Madagascar Medical Safari (MMS), continuing a programme that first began in the area nine years ago.

Originally published in The OM and Community magazine, Monkton Combe School.

A Madagascar Mobile Clinic patient story, shared by Dr Irma

After years of design, engineering, fundraising and volunteer effort, HoverAid’s newest RiverRover hovercraft, Faith, is now at work in Madagascar — helping our teams reach communities that conventional vehicles simply cannot. Faith is already supporting HoverAid’s work in the Mangoky River region, transporting medical teams, clean-water projects and vital equipment into some of Madagascar’s most isolated communities.

The team carried out 598 consultations and procedures during the mission, while also remembering their much-missed colleague, Dr Elisoa, whose legacy was deeply felt throughout the week.

In May, our Mobile Medical Service (MMS) met one-year-old Lido during a visit to Sahakevo in eastern Madagascar.

So the madcap plan to cycle across France was my fourth such adventure since I retired from the RAF a few years ago. I quite like the challenge, the means of getting fit, practicing my awful French and sleeping outdoors (but only if it’s warm)...

HoverAid's Mobile Medical Service (MMS) returned to Belo-sur-Tsiribihina in June, bringing vital healthcare to hundreds of people living in one of western Madagascar's most remote communities.

This July, two members of the HoverAid team are taking on incredible cycling challenges to raise vital funds for our work in Madagascar.