Our focus is to provide supports for education, living supports, health care, food and creating jobs for the communities.
Our focus is to provide supports for education, living supports, health care, food and creating jobs for the communities.
Our MANAGEMENT
Oly Raholisoa
Christien Andrianantenaina
Oly Raholisoa
Vololonjanahary (Oly) Raholisoa is our Executive Director. With a background in education and health care, Oly is passionate about helping the Malagasy people with practical employment initiatives and supports.
Alec Logan
Christien Andrianantenaina
Oly Raholisoa
Alec Logan, BBA, CPA, CMA, CFE, the director of finance, is a Canadian educated accountant with deep managerial experience in the education, health care, engineering , construction and non-profit sectors.
Christien Andrianantenaina
Christien Andrianantenaina
Christien Andrianantenaina
Chistien Andrianantenaina, the operations manager, is a young entrepreneur, dedicated husband and father to 2 children living in Antananarivo.
Who We Are:
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
We work with volunteers in Canada and Madagascar to create jobs for young people in the communities of Madagascar, by teaching them how to sew accessories, backpacks, tote bags and clothes. The profit from this project goes directly to support Ravinala Charity. We started this project in June 2025, and we now have 12 families who have directly benefited because they have a new breadwinner helping to support the family. And the community also benefits by receiving quality, durable and affordable products, all Malagasy-made, a source of pride.
Our Vision
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
A better future for Madagascar - Where every person has the opportunity to live with dignity, health, and hope.
Our Mission
Creating New Job Opportunities - Sewing with recycled materials
Distributing food for the poor
We help to bring quality education for children and using the right tools to deliver knowledge. We provide ongoing support for K-12 schools, with tuition replacement, teaching and student supplies.
Distributing food for the poor
Providing Supports for Families
Distributing food for the poor
We work with volunteers in Canada and Madagascar to bring education, health care, housing, food and jobs to those in need - building stronger communities together.
Providing Supports for Families
Providing Supports for Families
Providing Supports for Families
Ravinala supported a family who lost their wife and mother from exhaustion, by supporting the widower and his six children with clothing and education supports.
Providing Basic Heath Care
Providing Supports for Families
Providing Supports for Families
We support families in need with basic health care. This woman on the right had a critical issue with her teeth that needed attention, and Ravinala stepped in to take care of her , including dentures and followup care.
End-of-life Care
Single mother with two children
End-of-life Care
We were told of a 21 year-old man, Mosesy, in Antananarivo who suffered a brain aneurysm at his construction site. Because his family was too poor to pay for testing and care at the hospital, he was left to suffer at home for 7 months.,his left side paralysed. We provided funding to have comprehensive medical testing, including CT an d MRI scans. Unfortunatly, the prognosis was that too much time had passed for Mosesy to recover, and his prognosis was that he was terminal. We then transitioned to took care of his hospice needs, including food and comforting medicines. We assisted the parents in providing funding for his funeral, and to his family. His brother Mahefa now works for Ravinala Roots.
Elder Support
Single mother with two children
End-of-life Care
We provide support to the elderly who have no one else to turn to, to support them financially. This includes providing a monthly stipend so that they can finally stop subsistence work and rely on our supports for living expenses.
Single mother with two children
Single mother with two children
Single father with six children - Lost their mom
We support single parents who have lost their partners. In this case, a mother with her two children lost their husband and father from cancer. in January 2025. Ravinala supported this family with food, tuition and clothing, starting in 2025.
Single father with six children - Lost their mom
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Single father with six children - Lost their mom
This father lost his wife, who tragically died while giving birth. We supported this family with food, clothing and with the children's educational needs.
Building a New K-12 School
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Ravinala's project 2025-2028 is focused on building a school for K-12 students in northern Antananarivo, where many students were unable to attend school because of limited space available.
Another chronic problem is the inability of parents to pay for their children's tuition fees. We are dedicated to filling this gap, by providing a Canadian curriculum, in English and French, to give students a uniquely Canadian perspective and enhance their employment opportunities.
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Employment related to Building the new K-12 School
Ravinala's project 2025-2028 is aimed at building a new K-12 school in Antananarivo, ultimately for 200 students. Here in mid-2025, these people are making bricks for the school, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They are proud to be part of this initiative and excited for their children, who will ultimately benefit from this new school.
Our visit in September 2023, with our Director of Finance, Alec Logan and local Ravinala volunteers with their families.
Children at Asabotsy, one of the schools Ravinala has supported since 2023
Headmasters at Alfa &Omega school K-9 schools, Ravinala has supported this school since 2023.
Oly Raholisoa, Executive Director with local supporters and volunteers of Ravinala Charity and their families at the airport of Antananarivo. June 2025
Some of the children helped by Ravinala Charity. There are about 80 children that need our ongoing support for tuition fees, food and clothing.
Contact Us
Ravinala Madagascar Benevolent Society
PO Box 91, Nanaimo PO A, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5K4 Canada
