Caring Response Madagascar Foundation (CRMF) is a public charity. Its mission is to respond to the needs of the poor of Madagascar, particularly in the area of Toamasina/Tamatave. Caring Response Madagascar Foundation is a charitable nonprofit agency dedicated to meeting the needs of the poor of Madagascar, primarily in the district of Toamasina/Tamatave, which lies along the country’s eastern coastline. The foundation was incorporated in the State of Ohio, U.S.A., in November 2001. It has been designated a tax-exempt public charity by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501(c)(3). CRMF was founded as a result of the experiences of David E. Wiltse who, while a student at the University of Notre Dame, spent Summer 2000 as a volunteer working with the rural poor under the auspices of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, a French Catholic missionary order. All CRMF projects are undertaken in collaboration with ONG St. Gabriel, a locally-led non-profit focused on meeting the needs of the vulnerable populations of Madagascar. Caring Response Madagascar Foundation supports programs that enable the poor to change their own lives. Our core projects emphasize education and literacy. Through these core programs and in connection with them CRMF strives to impact not only the educational environment, but also the crucial areas of sanitation and hygiene, healthcare, and economic self-development. To those ends, CRMF’s purposes are • To support programs that provide educational opportunities for the unschooled or inadequately schooled poor; • To support programs that lead to healthier communities; • To support programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency for the poor.