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Famine Appeal in Southern MadagascarCan you help ...
Money for Madagascar is urgently appealing for help to respond to the humanitarian crisis developing in Southern Madagascar. 2020 has been a hard year for the whole world, but for families in southern Madagascar, the combination of relentless drought and COVID-19 have been particularly catastrophic.
Read MoreTeaching the next generation.
Our Education for Life programme teaches Malagasy children and parents the value of a healthy lifestyle in enabling a good education.
Read MoreAdding value by adding forests
Often the best way to protect an old forest is to plant a new one. Money for Madagascar is working with local Malagasy people on projects involving reforestation and sustainable livelihoods.
Read MoreProtectingand enabling vulnerable children
Money for Madagascar gives children who have been orphaned, abandoned, abused or homeless a shelter, food, healthcare, education, water, sanitation and loving care.
Read MoreFundraisingto help improve lives in Madagascar.
Fundraising for Money for Madagascar helps us continue and expand our work in Madagascar.
Read MoreInspiringvisitors to discover Madagascar, visit our projects and make a difference
There is nowhere quite as marvellous as Madagascar! The unique forests, friendly villages and lively cities will be remembered long after your trip has ended.
Read MoreInvesting in people and the environment
Money for Madagascar has always seen human development as essentially linked to environmental protection.
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Money for Madagascar -Malagasy Solutions to Madagascar’s Challenges
Madagascar, whilst famous for its astonishing flora and fauna, is a country in crisis. After decades of economic disarray, levels of income, healthcare and education are amongst the lowest in the world with an estimated 70% of the country living in poverty. Meanwhile population growth is putting enormous pressure on precious rainforest, more than half of which has disappeared. In response to this social and environmental crisis, UK charity, Money for Madagascar was founded in 1986 to
Read MoreOur Projects
Our projects tackle many of the key issues facing Madagascar today: food security, loss of bio-diversity, poor health and extreme poverty. We also respond to emergencies, from cyclone relief to feeding programmes for street kids and their families. With modest resources we have built a record that we, our supporters and our Malagasy partners are proud of.
Protecting & Enabling Vulnerable Children
MfM works to transform the lives of vulnerable children in and around the capital. Orphaned,
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Forests and Livelihoods
Madagascar’s forests are home to thousands of plants and animals found nowhere else on earth
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Education for Life
MfM’s Education for Life (Ed4Life) programme is working to tackle key obstacles to educational access
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Disaster Resilience
Madagascar faces natural disasters, usually in the form of cyclones, on an almost annual basis.
Read MoreFUNDRAISING
Are you interested in fundraising for MfM? Can you help us expand our current programmes?
We couldn’t do this without the support of people like YOU! Half of our income comes from grants but the other half is raised by individuals and community groups. We also rely on generous volunteers who give their time to help us get things done.
Get Sporty
Could you run, walk or do something else sporty to raise funds for MfM?
Get Bouncing
Schools and groups across the country are bouncing like lemurs for MfM. Can you?
Get Planting
Climate change is happening now! Can you help us plant trees to address this problem?
Get Involved
MfM welcomes anyone with ideas of how to raise funds for Madagascar.
Our Achievements
We favour ideas which make the best possible use of available resources and are proud to support projects with an emphasis on recycling and sustainable technologies. These include rainwater harvesting systems, the innovative use of plastic bags and bottles, and the production of charcoal alternative fuels.
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Schools Supported
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Children Helped
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Trees Planted
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Years of Support
Latest News
Latest news and updates from all our projects, as well as details of forthcoming fundraising events in the UK.
A new project – Mahatsara School
We are very excited to start a new project, working with a school in near the Andasibe National Park. The school has 96 pupils and work is already well underway to create a kitchen garden to provide produce for the school canteen. After starting at the end of November, the garden was planted with a range of vegetables including courgettes, green beans, tomatoes and peppers. Some crops have been more successful than others but topping the table so far has to be the 83kg of courgettes harvested to date! In February the school bought three rabbits who are providing fertiliser...
Covid Crisis now medical catastrophe in Madagascar
Covid is now gripping Madagascar. My heart is aching for colleagues and friends that we have lost to Covid in recent weeks and with fear for more we may lose as the covid situation in Madagascar become very frightening . This time it’s not just a financial crisis for households in lockdown it’s a medical crisis. The South African variant is spreading fast. In a country with almost no medical infrastructure and very little help with medical costs or social security, the outlook is bleak. Oxygen canisters are now extremely scarce to come by, and at £60 per canister they...
Education 4 Life Report
Our partners in the E4L projects have sent us an update about their progress in the eight schools run by AVM and Ankizy Gasy, Despite the pandemic, we are pleased to report that the work continues. Training has been provided for teachers on child psychology and improving classroom practice and management. School Principals had leadership training. The teachers were very positive about the training and evidence of changed practice as a result has been observed. The children were thrilled to learn about worm composting on a school trip. They learned how this helps improve the soil and in turn increases...
Famine Appeal
There is a humanitarian crisis in southern Madagascar where people are starving to death. There has been a drought for a number of years in this area and the restrictions with the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation. Movement has been restricted so supplies of food have not been getting to this part of the country. This combination has caused famine and malnutrition in the local population. Whilst our established projects concentrate on improving lives long-term for example, through education, improving sanitation and social support, there are times where immediate assistance to help in emergency situations are essential. This is...
Gardening at Akany Avoko Ambohidratrimo (AAA)
To combat hunger and malnutrition, MfM invests in helping vulnerable children to grown their own organic food. Like here, where a student at Akany Avoko children’s centre is photographed showing a courgette nearly ready for harvest. At this residential centre for vulnerable and destitute kids, harvested rainwater, bio-gas and compost are used to help produce vegetables to feed 150 children. Now faced with lock-down, the centre is more grateful than ever for their investment in self-sufficiency. MfM gives regular support to Akany Avoko children’s centre. Much of the money we are able to send is thanks to sponsors in the...
Betampona Forests and Livelihoods Project
It’s time to share some good news from our sustainable livelihoods project, run by SAF, in the villages surrounding Madagascar’s unique Betampona Reserve. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, they have had a successful year and the development and conservation in the area has achieved good results. The local population are learning ways to improve their agricultural practices to improve their income and nutrition in sustainable ways. This helps reduce the forest being destroyed through ‘slash and burn’ and wildlife poaching. More productive agricultural techniques have also meant that the diets and therefore the health of the people have improved. The sale...
Update from Topaza Children’s Centre
The generous UWI grant awarded to the Topaza Children’s centre has been put to good use. The centre is struggling financially with no funding coming from the state for several years to help support children sent there from the courts. Topaza relies mostly on donations and sponsorship of children to keep the home open so this very generous grant is very welcome to help the financial stability of the centre. The majority of the grant was spent on a new minibus for the centre. This arrived in July and...
Work to replace tourism at Mitsinjo
The Covid crisis has meant that there are no tourists coming to our projects at Andisibe. To prevent unemployment and poverty we have provided grants to the Association of Mitsinjo. They have used the grants in a number of innovative ways, not only to help with the immediate situation, but also to increase what is offered to tourists which should boost income when they return to this beautiful area. The local guides have been working hard in the forest creating two new routes – one is a night...
A thank you from FJKM School
Education for Life is a programme to provide resources to help with the education of children and funds to improve facilities at schools. Over 10,000 children, teachers and parents, have benefited from this programme in 54 schools. Our Education for Life programme, along with our partner Ankizy Gasy, helped the FJKM School in Ambohidratrimo. We have previously helped restore the school building here. This time, we made a contribution towards the wages of ten teachers; the income of the school in May was much lower than normal as the Covid 19 pandemic means that the price of food...
Happy Fathers’ Day!
This Fathers’ Day was made very special by our great partners at Ankizy Gasy! Whilst the men may have had a day of rest, our strong female team was out there once again, delivering their 6th round of Covid assistance to vulnerable families in and around Ambohidratrimo, Analamanga. Families in need receive small grants, soap, masks, information and medication when needed. Several visits have also been made to our Education for Life Schools, like Angodonina and FJKM Ambohidratrimo, to set-up hand washing stations and give out masks, soap and information, so exam classes can restart...
Help Build a Forest – Twin your Favourite Tree for World Rainforest Day!
We have ambitions to plant 1million trees in Madagascar. Just £5.00 covers the cost to plant, maintain and protect a tree in our projects. Send us a photo of your favourite tree with an ‘I’m a Tree Twin’ sign and we will twin it with one in Madagascar. Donate money to plant trees in our projects at Mitsinjo and Betampona We’ll share your tree with a Malagasy twin In Mitsinjo in Eastern Madagascar, we are restoring natural forest by creating wildlife corridors to expand the habitat of endemic and threatened species. A variety of tree...
MfM Covid-19 response in Maintirano
MfM Partners step-up to prevent Covid-19 before it reaches remote Maintirano. Money for Madagascar has sent appeal funds to two well established partners, SAF/FJKM Melaky and Association FIVEM to strengthen their campaign to prepare the population of Maintirano against COVID-19. The two organizations have joined forces with the local authorities, including the town Mayor, the Regional Director and the Regional Director of Rural Development to provide a strong and coordinated response. Maintirano usually suffers from isolation. At best it takes 60 hours to reach by road from the capital in a 4×4 vehicle. For much of the year is can...
Latest Posts
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A new project – Mahatsara School
We are very excited to start a…
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Covid Crisis now medical catastrophe in Madagascar
Covid is now gripping Madagascar. My heart…
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