Madagascar Film & Photography has donated its film and photography services to help to raise funds for a new non-profit organisation called Daughters of the Deep (DOTD). DOTD mission is to give young women who have a passion for the ocean, the confidence and opportunity to try diving, or master the sciences and to break through social barriers. 

This is DOTD inaugural scholarship program and the lucky recipient Mary Jeanne comes from our home base in Nosy Komba in northwest Madagascar. Goff was the director and principal camera operator of the short film and he was on hand to film Mary Jeanne's first steps into the marine realm and sciences. The film will be used in conjunction with DOTD’s fundraising efforts to raise more money to give opportunities to more young women. If you would like to donate to the project then go to the DOTD website. 100% of all donations go to funding further initiatives.

We would like to say a special thank you to the fantastic team at MRCI who are collaborating with DOTD to provide the on ground support for Mary Jane and to our good filmmaker friend and conservationist Andrea Ferrari (@andreaferrariunderwater) for making the project happen. 

Alefa (Let’s go!) Mary Jeanne, we wish you every success going forward and we hope that you will be the first of many new Daughters of the Deep :)

Photo credits: Maisie Jeffreys & Andrea Ferrari