Overview 2014

After seven years working for ADES in Madagascar, Otto and Lisa Frei are returning to Switzerland at the beginning of the year. From September, Isabelle Marthaler-Marty will take over as coordinator after a difficult transition phase. Since she has already been living in Madagascar since 2012, where she built up a technical vocational school in Antsirabe together with her husband, ADES calls this appointment a stroke of luck.

"The production in Fianarantsoa is now fully operational. Hans Peter Frei helped to optimise the production line and trained 37 employees in the workshops." According to the annual report, things are also going ideally in the other centres.

Also mentioned is the cooperation on the ground with other Malagasy and international organisations, which is becoming stronger and stronger. Homes, schools, NGOs, companies, villages, regions, farmers' groups, churches and environmental projects are listed. "Awareness about the state of the forest is also increasing noticeably in Madagascar. As recently as 2001, we never talked about the environment at cooking demonstrations. Today, we have our own programme on this and train women and children in environmental basics.

Photos 2014

Press review 2014

  • 01.11.14: Danish Royal House
    Prince Hendrik's Trip to Madagascar (PDF)
  • 08.09.14: swiss
    Swiss foundation supports ADES project (pdf)
  • 01.09.14: myclimate
    Annual Report 2013 (read pdf)
  • 07.14: Rotary Magazine
    Cooking with the sun (read pdf)
  • 29.06.14: Sunpod
    Interview with Regula Ochsner (read pdf)
  • 07.06.14: Landbote
    FairFair / Bicycle Exchange at Afro Whitsun (read pdf)
  • 23.05.14: Rotary Club Zug-Lake Zug
    Speech R. Ochsner (read pdf)
  • 16.05.16: Zolliker Bote
    Successful course ADES General Assembly (read pdf)
  • 05.14: WWF Magazine
    Earth hour action in Madagascar: wood-saving cook cookers (read pdf)
  • May14: Landbote
    FairFair / Bicycle Exchange at Afro Whitsun (read pdf)
  • 23.04.14: Nature Magazine
    Solar cookers instead of coal cookers (read pdf)
  • 01.04.14: u-blox Annual Report 2013
    Green innovative projects (extract) (read pdf)
  • 01.04.14: myclimate
    Project photo awarded by Gold Standard (read pdf)
  • 02.14: SAVA Newsletter
    Fuel-efficient rocket stoves introduced, p. 4/5 (en) (read pdf)
  • 27.01.14: Midi Madagascar
    Urs Wüthrich, Nouveau Directeur National (fr) (read pdf)
  • 17.01.14: Affoltern Anzeiger
    Ferrari: Check handover as a Christmas present (read pdf)
  • 01.01.14: WWF
    Sponsorship Report Madagascar 2013 (pdf de & fr)