(English) Education IS for life: literacy and skills for adults

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. ‘I encourage my grandchildren to continue their education, because I lived for many years in ignorance, without knowing how to read or write. Now, at 68 years old, I finally had the chance to learn, and it has changed my life.’ Andry Rakotoarinaivo Money for Madagascar’s…

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(English) Ranoro, the Daughter of the Water

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A Malagasy folk tale, like many told around the world, hints at a deal made between people and nature. We share the tale of Ranoro, the Daughter of the Water, here, in part to share a piece of Madagascar’s rich cultural tradition (we will try to…

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(English) Money Over Birth Order: Equality and Opportunity

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A study suggests that money and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’ – plays the greatest role in people’s life outcomes. A study carried out in Madagascar investigating the effects of ‘eldest daughter syndrome’ appears to show that wealth and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’,…

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(English) EU and AU Meetings – ‘a profound shift’ decried

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. 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…

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(English) Biodiversity and Development, hand in hand

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. 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…

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(English) Widespread vaccination campaign helps Madagascar beat Polio

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar has stopped a polio outbreak in its tracks after five years, by reaching more than 19 million people with life-saving vaccines against the disease. The outbreak began in 2020, and directly threatened the lives of children younger than five and unvaccinated adults – a threat…

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(English) MfM CEO on Development, Madagascar and being ‘Malagasy-led’: Lova Rasoalinoro

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. ‘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…

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(English) Malagasy conservationist scoops ‘Nobel Prize for Animal Conservation’

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. 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…

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(English) Madagascar, you, and us

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. 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…

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(English) Reaching children, improving lives

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Money for Madagascar and our partners helped almost 800 Malagasy children who cannot live with their families, in the last year. In the last full year, Money for Madagascar and its Malagasy partners provided care, shelter, education, food, clean water and education to almost 800 Malagasy…

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