About the Project  

The SIFAKA Project was funded by the Peace Building Fund and implemented in 2019–2020 by Youth First in partnership with Fondation Hirondelle.  

The project aimed to “improve access for young women and men to reliable, high-quality information, while integrating their voices into the Malagasy political and democratic context.”  

What the project has achieved  

• Capacity building, mobilization, and networking of 22 young focal points representing 22 regions of Madagascar  

• Creation and facilitation of a listeners’ club in each region, bringing together a total of 210 young people with 149 monthly meetings organized in total 

• Organization of two focus groups per region 

• Provision of two audio recordings per region per month to the central press room