(English) Environment and Development Must Complement, Not Harm, One Another

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Money for Madagascar welcomes and joins new calls for reassurances that the Malagasy rainforests will not be damaged by two proposed new roads in Madagascar. Members of the European parliament have called on the IMF to pause the payment of fund for two road-building projects in Madagascar, until forest-protection guarantees are…

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(English) Climate Catastrophe: those most able, must act now

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Madagascar is bracing for the next in a series of intense cyclones, as the UK Met Office warns that such weather events will increase in intensity and frequency due to climate change. Cyclone Faida is scheduled to make landfall in Madagascar today (Tuesday 4 February 2025). Its wind-speeds have been recorded…

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(English) MfM joins International Education Community

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Money for Madagascar has become part of the Global Schools Forum, with which we will work sharing information, experiences, plans and policies to help improve education in Madagascar, and in low- and middle-income countries across the world. We are delighted to announce we have joined an international community of organisations working…

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(English) Church choir helps raise funds for food and income initiative

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A centre which provides healing, hope and a home to young girls who have been forced onto the streets in Madagascar, is working to raise funds for an innovative income-generating scheme to make sure the girls have enough to eat. A centre for destitute girls is raising money for an innovative…

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(English) Community loans: protecting forests, improving lives

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. An innovative community loan scheme run by Money for Madagascar has empowered Malagasy people to generate income in new ways, developing and enacting environmentally-friendly farming and other activities. The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) created a pool of cash for Malagasy people, including women, vulnerable minority groups and young people, to…

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(English) Lives, livelihoods and lifestyles: the world’s wealthiest have a responsibility to Malagasy people

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. The World Bank reminds us that Malagasy people are among the world’s poorest, and that development need not threaten the environment on which we all rely. Our work follows this vital and accurate mantra. We join the Bank in calling on the world’s richest nations help Malagasy livelihoods improve in environmentally-friendly…

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(English) Food for thought: restaurant initiative helps Malagasy youngsters eat and learn

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Youngsters at a reception centre for vulnerable children in Madagascar are no longer at risk of being forced to choose between eating and learning, thanks in part to work MfM is carrying out alongside the centre’s operators. Young boys are referred to the Akany Avoko Ambohidratrimo-Bevalala (AAA) centre when the Malagasy…

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(English) DAF: helping Malagasy people protect rainforest, the planet, and their lives and livelihoods

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. An accident of birth means Malagasy communities, including some living in severe poverty, find themselves charged not only with somehow keeping themselves and their families alive, but also with protecting some of the planet’s fertile and dynamic rainforest. These two imperatives could clash with and contradict one another, but under our…

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(English) Malagasy medicines saving lives at the expense of planet, Malagasy people – report

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Illicit and unfair trade in Madagascar’s unique plants is threatening entire species, as well as exploiting Malagasy working men and women. The international wild species trade expert organisation TRAFFIC reports that trade in Malagasy plants – prized for their unique medicinal properties including for skincare and organ health, and against cancer…

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(English) Cyclone Chido the latest warning of climate catastrophe

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. From 8th to 16th December, Cyclone Chido developed in the Western Indian Ocean and struck several islands in its path. One of those was Madagascar, which was, fortunately, spared the worst of the cyclone’s devastation. But Mauritian island Agalega, and Mayotte, which lie either side of Madagascar’s north coast, were hit…

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