(English) Development and Environment: cooperation, not competition

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar has led calls for Southern African nations to increase their manufacturing capacity to 30 per cent of their GDP by 2030. The island republic on Sunday (17th August) hosted the 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government – the…

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(English) The World Must Listen: the mental and physical impacts of climate catastrophe on Madagascar

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Two reports in recent days have addressed the severity of climate catastrophe’s impact on Malagasy men, women and children. Amnesty International has issued an extremely critical report regarding the treatment of more than 90,000 Antandroy men, women and children who have been forced to flee the…

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(English) Funding cuts hit Malagasy communities

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. ‘Bordeaux (who only wished to give his first name), a farmer with sharp features, does not know who Donald Trump is, but he knows that everything stopped for him in February. Suddenly, gone were the promises of a permanent house, enough seed for five years, fertilizers,…

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(English) Whatever your reason, unite to change the world

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar’s Catholic bishops have discussed US aid withdrawal, and care for both the poor and the island’s vital and vibrant environment, in a meeting with the Pope. The Malagasy bishops travelled to the Vatican in a ‘pilgrimage of hope’ to meet Pope Leo XIV – the…

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(English) Chameleon resilience is a reminder of what we stand to lose

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. An astonishingly rare chameleon species has been discovered in a new location in Madagascar – both a cause for celebration and a reminder of the precarious nature of the world in which we live, and the creatures we share it with. A biological research team working…

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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) 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) 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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