Answer:  Both! The Madagascar Ankìzy Fund (MAF) was started in 1998 by dinosaur paleontologists from the State University of New York at Stony Brook who have been working in a remote area of northwestern Madagascar since 1993. As in many regions of the country, the children in the area were not receiving any formal education nor any form of medical care. The villagers welcomed the paleontologists to work on their land and helped the researchers carry huge plaster jackets containing dinosaur bones from areas inaccessible by vehicles. The paleontologists wanted to repay the villagers for their many kindnesses and in 1996 decided to build a school for the children and establish a clinic in the area. That’s how it all started.