(English) Resilient Forests and Livelihoods: 30 months report

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

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(English) Steps towards the future – but more must be done

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Malagasy counterpart Andry Nirina Rajoelina have agreed and announced a series of agreements on education, agriculture and energy, as well as one promising a joint study of a massacre in which some believe 200,000 Malagasy people were killed by French…

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(English) Macron in first French bilateral visit to Madagascar in 20 years

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. French president Emmanuel Macron arrives in Antananarivo this afternoon (Wednesday 23rd April) for the first bilateral visit to Madagascar since 2005. But alongside talks on trade, defence, climate change and pollution, disagreement over ownership of Indian Ocean islands is likely to be expressed.   French President Emmanuel…

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(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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