Sometimes I go on a field trip here. We call this 'a mission', which makes me a missionary. It is always fascinating to visit the c...

This week  the latest results on the Millenium Development Goals of the United Nations came out. Only 3% of all households in Madagascar ...

Well, not exactly for The Voice, but for The One... It's no secret that John de Mol's TV format The Voice is a worldwide success....

So, we have a new president, an officially inaugurated, recognized head of state. This is V-E-R-Y good news, I find, even though it may n...

It's 'official' now. Madagascar is in the Guinness Book of Records as the country with the head of state with the longest na...

Last weekend's first episode of Les Courses du Coeur (Groceries from the Heart) was a huge success! Most clients who did their shoppi...

Having a blog is fun. I enjoy it when unknown people contact me with questions or requests. Over the years I've been asked to partici...

Dear Madagascar, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year . May 2014 be healthy and prosperous. May it bring ec...

Anyone who has ever driven through Tana will have been surprised by this typical Madagascar phenomenon: small butcher shops that display th...

OK, to put it straight:: the reason for my absence as a blogger is a sad one. My lovely, inspirational, beautiful and adventerous mother pa...

The 2013 Madagascar elections have nothing in common with anything I have seen so far.  Of course, 33 candidates is an outraguous fact in i...

What do you get when: You add 300 back packs + 209 pencil cases + 300 blue pens + 300 red pens + 300 black pens + 300 green pens + 300 ...

Beatrice Atallah is the head of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENIT), the organization responsible for ensuring electoral ...

You can feel it in the air... you can hear it in the streets...you can see it on the posters! It looks, feels and tastes like it is REAL...

Cats ('saka' in Malgache) are not very common in Madagascar. Some say people eat them. Not sure. Our first cat Titi did actually ...