Give to Gain: empowered women change communities

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we share some success stories of our work with Malagasy women whose innovation and dedication have changed their lives, as well as those of their families and wider societies: this is how we Give to Gain… This year’s International Women’s Day, Sunday 8th March 2026, is being celebrated under the slogan Give to Gain….

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Planting for the Future

MfM, our partners and Malagasy community members have seeded a thousand-tree forest close to the Malagasy capital Antananarivo. Money for Madagascar has revisited a location in which we last year planted 600 trees, to check on progress, and add new trees to the burgeoning forest. To mark the World Week of Harmony with nature, an MfM team on Wednesday…

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Eric’s story: supporting livelihoods to protect the forest

We are supporting Malagasy organisations – and Malagasy people like Eric Randrianantoanina – to protect the environment upon which we all rely, and to improve their lives. Meet Eric… Madagascar has some of the world’s most spectacular wilderness. Almost 90 per cent of plant and animal species on the island are found only here, and it contains five per cent…

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We share responsibility for the Malagasy wilderness, and climate catastrophe

Seven Malagasy people are confirmed to have died, and more than 54,000 injured or otherwise affected, as a result of tropical cyclone Fytia. The cyclone struck Madagascar – primarily the country’s North-West – on Saturday (31st January 2026) morning, leaving the island on Sunday. Its wind of up to 210km/h and rainfall destroyed more than 1,400 homes, and flooded…

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Our Work – How Your Support Is Making an Impact

As the new year begins, we wanted to share with you the latest information about our major programmes, to show you how your support and help is making an impact and improving Malagasy lives and the Malagasy biosphere. Renewable World’s three main programmes are Renewable Forests and Livelihoods, Children for the Future and Education for Life (we are also…

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COP30: What we need

World leaders have gathered in Belem, Brasil under the ongoing shadow of the climate catastrophe, for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). The summit has begun with the world in an unprecedented level of risk from – and in the case of Madagascar experience of the impacts of – climate change, but serious questions must be asked about…

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Economy and ecology: Rajoelina sets priorities at UN

Malagasy President Andriy Rajoelina used his speech to the UN General Assembly to focus on the Malagasy economy, and its environment, noting both require and deserve help from beyond the Malagasy borders. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (24th September) Rajoelina said the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a deal with sub-Saharan African states which has run…

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Verraux’s lemur – an addition which could make a difference

Two lemurs have been added to the list of the 25 most-endangered primates on Earth. But there are hopes that one may spark new interest in and protection for, a vital ecological habitat. Madagascar is the only country on Earth to which lemurs are native, but 95 per cent of lemur species are at risk of extinction. And at…

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Warnings for Malagasy Economy and People

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded an in-country review of Madagascar’s economic situation with a warning that ‘outside shocks’ ‘cloud’ the country’s economic outlook. While the international financial body, which last year stepped in to provide Madagascar with and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and a Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), both of which it believes can help the…

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90 per cent of Malagasy people living in poverty

On Thursday 5th June 2025, the World Bank updated its – and the world’s – poverty metric. Up to that date, the international poverty baseline – the line below which anyone is defined as living in poverty – had been an income of US$2.15 (£1.59 at 8th September 2025) or less per day. From then, the income per day…

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