Two days of meetings involving Foreign Ministers from European and African Union states have done little to reduce fears that Europe may be turning its back on the continent to its South. Since the rise of Donald Trump to the US presidency, many EU and other European states have announced significant and potentially extremely harmful cuts to international aid…
This year’s International Day for Biodiversity – which falls today, Thursday 22 May 2025 – is being held under the theme: ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development.’ The phrase could be our slogan, and at Money for Madagascar we work specifically with men, women and children in arguable the world’s biodiversity hotbed to help Malagasy people achieve development and…
‘Malagasy-led does not mean a Malagasy person has to be the CEO or something like that, but a solidarity model, a global team, and ensuring that the Malagasy community we serve has the power to determine their development course. ‘…we have expertise and ideas. We can make a difference to our lives and situations, and this can be of…
Malagasy conservationist Lily-Arison René de Roland has won the world’s most prestigious international conservation award: we congratulate him and hope he, and we, can register many more successes in our work to protect and expand the Malagasy rainforests, help the flora and fauna within them to thrive, and help Malagasy people lift themselves from hunger and poverty. A Malagasy…
The people, the plants, and the animals of Madagascar are fighting a battle for survival, against problems which are almost all not of their making. Our work is inclusive, it is fair, and it is necessary. Join us. At Money for Madagascar, we work with and for Malagasy organisations, communities and individuals, offering people a platform from which their…
With just six months remaining of the Resilient Forests and Livelihoods pilot period, we are delighted to report our programme’s progress to date. Money for Madagascar has helped restore and reforest hundreds of acres of Malagasy rainforest, and empowered thousands of Malagasy people to lift themselves from poverty and hunger, while protecting the vibrant, vital forests which surround them….
In the previous RFL post, we met Joséphine, a shop-owner and farmer in the PK7 village in Moramanga, part of the Moramanga district in Madagascar’s Toamasina province. In that post we learnt about how Joséphine changed her and her family’s life by taking part in savings and loans projects run by Money for Madagascar and our Malagasy partner Mitsinjo…
With the start of this year’s Green Match Fund just 17 days away, we take a brief look at one of the strands of our Resilient Forests and Livelihoods programme: ECCLiM. Green Match Fund: 12pm Tuesday 22 April 2025 – 12pm Tuesday 29 April 2025 WHAT’s in a name? Some names are created for beauty, others to distract or…
THE MALAGASY government has said it will continue the construction of a road in the country’s east, without delay, despite its negative impact on communities in its path. The government’s Minister of Communication and Culture, Volamiranty Donna Mara described anyone with concerns about the road and its impact on Malagasy men, women and children as ‘politically-motivated’ and ‘undermining development’,…
‘As a result of this project, we’ve noticed remarkable changes… We’re planting new trees and we look after the forests, reporting when people come to chop down trees… we’re learning new techniques and raising awareness about the importance of the environment.‘ The Big Give Green Match Fund is coming, and will last from 12pm on Tuesday 22 April to 12pm on Tuesday…
One week after it struck Eastern Madagascar,…
At least 38 people have been killed,…
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