Halt Poverty Madagascar
What We Do
At Halt Poverty Madagascar we work on empowering the people of Madagascar through sustainable development, focused on eco-tourism.
Halt Poverty Madagascar was launched in November 2015 to address the clearing of local forests and the high rate of unemployment within the regions of Fianarantsoa: Amoron’i Mania, Ihorombe, Mahatsiatra Ambony, Vatovavy Fitovinany
How We Protect Lemurs And Other Wildlife
By improving living standards for communities in Madagascar through training in ecotourism and sustainable livelihoods we are working to reduce poverty and the need for overconsumption of natural forest resources to meet urgent needs. This in turn helps to prevent lemur habitat destruction and degradation as a result of overconsumption.
How We Support Local Communities
We provide training for the community to improve the quality of Madagascar’s tourism workforce. We hope to increase the number of skilled people involved in hospitality, tourism, and tour guiding to better align with international and sustainable standards. Our training is focused on improving language skills, cross-cultural communication and other tourism-related competencies so that people are brought out of poverty by work in tourism, and value sustainable environmental practices. 
We achieve this goal through initiatives that:
- Contribute to environmental protection through eco clubs which promote sustainable practices amongst communities
- Encourage local people to tackle deforestation
- Use tourism to provide people with means of escaping the heavy dependence on threatened natural resources.
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