Junior International Expert, he is our lead character. He is going to face many questions in order to carry out his project. He is counting on your help to navigate through difficult choices!
Farmer from the Itasy region in Madagascar, he is trying to make a living for his family and to face climate-related challenges at the same time.
Senior International Expert, one of Thomas’ good friends, he is always there to advise him.
Volunteer at the NGO RuralDev, she works in the field to help the farmers of Itasy to make a living off their work.
Many more people are involved in defining development projects, be it at donor, NGO or research institute level. Reality is far more complex and nuanced. The donors, represented here by a young consultant, have commitment and monitoring procedures of the projects in place, supervised by groups of experts. The NGOs in rural development, represented by a young volunteer, are generally formed by local groups of agronomists, socio-economists and administrators, who pay close attention to the needs and constraints of the farmers. Claudie’s calculations and reflections are backed up by research projects led by a group of international and Malagasy experts. All the representations of international cooperation and its players made here are simplified and can be questioned by readers.
This is also this comic’s purpose: to challenge these representations and their implications.
Our story begins at Thomas’ place, in his apartment in Montpellier…
