Marofarihy ecole
The principal teacher explains the challenges related to education in Marofarihy. Not all families can afford the school fees for their children so many children cannot go to school. The school has 575 students. Parents have to pay 32.000 ariary per year per student.
As we visit the pump we encounter a woman who comes to fetch water. She uses the water to cook, she says. Prior to the pump she fetched water from the river and the rice fields. The advantage of the pump is that she does not need to walk far anymore and there are no diseases among her children. This saves her money and now she can buy clothes and furniture. During the dry season the water turned red. She left the water to settle before using it. Now the colour of the water is normal again.