Fianarantsoa, ​​”good education” in Malagasy, is considered as a cultural and intellectual center. Yet there are many children and young people on the fringes of the mainstream education system who have little prospects for the future. The country’s political and economic difficulties have led to widespread misery and many peasants in the area have abandoned their land for the city. Few of them have been able to improve their living conditions and their children generally do not have the financial means to pursue training, so they find themselves marginalized.

Yet with knowledge, in farm management, in agriculture and livestock, and a good consideration of the potential and the limits of natural resources, it is possible for these young people from farming culture to return to the lands of their parents and exploit them in a profitable and sustainable way. This is why, in 2006, the NGO Bel Avenir created the farm school of Tambohomandrevo in partnership with the Spanish foundation Agua de Coco.