Here is the Letter from Editor for the Spring Edition:
Dear Donors, Fellows, Professors, and Friends!
This Launch Edition of the Sustainable Vision Journal in 2024 is central to the Jacquelyn
Jestine Sanders Foundation Goals of becoming more and more Self-Sustaining and
linked to global Goals for Sustainability.
As the Foundation has become more and more aware of the day-to-day difficulties faced
in Africa and specifically Madagascar – we have chosen this year to ACT. This is what
Jacquelyn would request of us. Our actions led us in January to gift Food Baskets to 100
families in need in Antananarivo. But we also saw that this kind of giving does not begin
to solve or address the real underlying problems.
Madagascar has drastic weather conditions which mean that many months can pass
before rain falls. There are parts of the Island that have not seen rain for years. These
are lands suffering deeply from famine. This makes improving Rainwater capture,
storage, and management crucial to maximizing use of all available resources when it
DOES rain. And similarly – Wastewater recycling becomes a very important part of a
complete solution! Therefore, we are investing heavily in helping the University of
Antananarivo solve their own Water shortage problems. This is good for the University –
and it is good in setting an example for other projects across Antananarivo and
Madagascar.
As you read through some of the gathered data that is related to ongoing research and
planning for the University Water Infrastructure – consider that THIS is how we mold a
better tomorrow – by acting today. Let us learn from our mistakes – let us learn to work
better together – to collaborate for a better tomorrow. We strive this year to build up a
systematic that functions, and that is scalable so that it can be expanded next year and
even eventually reproduced on other Universities within and outside of Africa.
I hope you will enjoy the tour through all of what is happening at this time! If you have
questions or ideas about how we can improve our work – contact us. We value nothing
more than the opinions of our Network.
Best Regards
Kenneth Coman, JJS Foundation
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