(English) Dynamic Agro-Forestry: Malagasy people changing practices, changing lives, and benefitting the world

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

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(English) Savings and loans – a way to make ‘dreams come true’

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Despite working two jobs, Joséphine Rasoanantenaina was only able to earn half the money she and her family required to cover their daily needs. Her story – including the efforts and decisions she made – shows how our Resilient Forests and Livelihoods (RFL) programme enables Malagasy…

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(English) Dream home – savings and loans for permanent homes

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. ‘The GSC has allowed me to escape poverty. Today, I can dream bigger.’ The Resilient Forests and Livelihoods programme, to which all your DOUBLED donations made through the Green Match Fund from 12pm GMT Tuesday 22 April to 12pm GMT Tuesday 29 April, will go, works…

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(English) Health, wealth and wellbeing: the challenges facing development and environmental action

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A new study in Madagascar reveals that young Malagasy people are suffering not only physical, but also serious mental health challenges as a result of climate catastrophe. And yet, even as these impacts are being uncovered and better understood, and even within a context in which…

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(English) The Green Match Fund: it’s in the name

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

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(English) A Malagasy update

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Almost 11,000 men, women and children have been displaced by Tropical Storm Jude, which made two landfalls in Madagascar this month – a situation made even worse by extreme food insecurity, and risk of disease associated with lack of food, and storm-related chaos. The World Health…

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(English) Environment and development – more than carbon capture (but that too!)

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A study suggests that an agro-forestry project in Panama collects less carbon than it had originally hoped to. Though it should not be the responsibility of people – like those of Panama and Madagascar – who live in carbon sinks to collect carbon for the rest…

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(English) Loud and PROUD: Young Women Lead Community-developed Climate Change Responses

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. YOUNG women in a land-locked, remote area of Madagascar are taking the lead in their communities’ response to climate change. A Money for Madagascar programme in Maintirano, capital of the Melaky region in western Madagascar, has helped 16 women aged 20-45 lead a series of initiatives…

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(English) Malagasy women: sisters doing it for us all

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. On International Women’s Day, Saturday 8 March 2025, we note that gender equality benefits everyone, and stress that equality is not only worthwhile because it helps everyone economically, but because we are all equally worthy and deserving of fundamental rights, equal opportunities, and equal outcomes from…

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