The Arnaud Guesry Foundation was set up in early 2012 as a Malta registered NGO which aims to provide a residential centre for children affected by orphanhood, abandonment, neglect or abuse in Madagascar. The Arnaud Guesry Foundation was set up in early 2012 as a Malta registered NGO which aims to provide a residential centre for children affected by orphanhood, abandonment, neglect or abuse. The
project has obtained it Accord De Siege from the relevant ministries in Antananarivo, and is currently based in the northern region of Diana where it is operating out of a temporary rented facility in the town centre. La Maison d'Arnaud proudly opened its doors to its first residents on the 8th May 2013. The construction of a purpose built facility will run in parallel to the start up activities and is scheduled for completion in mid 2014. As a new NGO we welcome all our visitors to the site and invite you to contact us with any other information you might need through our contacts page. CHARTER
The initial objective of the Foundation is to build an Orphanage in the area of Antsiranana, in Madagascar, to host about 50 orphan children. It is thus a Foundation with purely philanthropic and charitable aims. Other projects of a similar nature may be undertaken in the future at the discretion of the Board of Administrators. The Foundation does not plan to promote adoption, but rather to raise the children until they are independent, providing health-care, education and training. The Foundation will accept children of both sexes, under one year of age, even if they are sick, except if H.I.V. positive or if they need expensive treatment that, in the opinion of the Board of Administrators, goes beyond the finances or capabilities of the Foundation. The Foundation will provide food, clothing, lodging, and medical care whenever necessary. It will also seek to maintain a safe environment where all precautions will be enforced rigorously to protect the moral and physical integrity of these children. The Foundation will attempt to additionally provide psychological stimulation, and good basic education. The Orphanage/s must be a source of love and care, in order to foster harmonious physical, neurological and psychological development. The staff selected to operate/manage the orphanage/s will be ideally local people. This is being done in order to maintain Malagasy roots. The Foundation is incorporated in Malta as a Non-Governmental Organisation (N.G.O.) and also as a ‘civil person’ in terms of the ‘Register of Persons’ under the Civil Code (Cap.16) of the Laws of Malta. The Foundation has been initially funded by the Founders’ endowment, and is to be managed according to the principles of ‘bonus paterfamilias’ by a Board of Administrators, and in accordance with the rules and principles of the laws of Malta and in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations of the European Union.
