women’s center

The Women’s Center is at the Cathedral Complex
in  Andranomena, Toliara II

The Women’s Center was dedicated on 4th September 2016, during the National Mothers’ Union Conference, with at least 3 Bishops attending.

The Center has been named Trano Filongoa which means Community Center.

Outside Trano Filongoa (Completion of Days for Girls training – 2018)
Inside the Women’s Center: Days for Girls training – 2018

Rev. Nolavy is Assistant Coordinator for the Women’s Center and DfG, and as such supervises the DfG work, including where distributions are to made and working on how to best market the kits.

Ms. Harisoa supervises the DfG sewing and keeps the accounting records for both DfG and all the other activities which take place in the Women’s Center.

Kitchen at the Women’s Center

The Guest Room is ready too:

Weekly activities at Trano Filongoa include Bible Studies and prayer, cookery and exercise classes, as well as handicrafts, sewing Days for Girls kits, clergy shirts, chasubles, stoles and albs and catering for conferences, Synod etc.

Women learning embroidery at the Women’s Center, taught by Neny Holy.

Crocheting with plarn (plastic bags cut into strips to make “yarn”) and making paper beads for necklaces etc
Lucia making cards
Necklaces made from paper beads
Lucia and her cards from recycled and natural objects

Located in southern Madagascar