(English) Children’s centre reaching even more young people

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A Money for Madagascar partner’s services are so popular it is having to hold activities outdoors because its inside spaces would be overfull. The Akany Hasina centre is a day centre in Ambohitrabiby, a rural area 25km from Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo. Every Saturday, it opens its…

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(English) Verraux’s lemur – an addition which could make a difference

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Two lemurs have been added to the list of the 25 most-endangered primates on Earth. But there are hopes that one may spark new interest in and protection for, a vital ecological habitat. Madagascar is the only country on Earth to which lemurs are native, but…

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(English) Warnings for Malagasy Economy and People

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded an in-country review of Madagascar’s economic situation with a warning that ‘outside shocks’ ‘cloud’ the country’s economic outlook. While the international financial body, which last year stepped in to provide Madagascar with and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and a…

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(English) 90 per cent of Malagasy people living in poverty

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. On Thursday 5th June 2025, the World Bank updated its – and the world’s – poverty metric. Up to that date, the international poverty baseline – the line below which anyone is defined as living in poverty – had been an income of US$2.15 (£1.59 at…

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(English) On Love and Amphibians: the Extraordinary Importance of the Malagasy Wilderness

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A new frog discovery in Madagascar’s South-East reminds us how resilient, but also how threatened, the Malagasy wilderness is. A large frog has been discovered in Madagascar’s Domain de la Cascade Plantation Lansargues nature reserve, in the country’s South-East. The three-inch amphibian, named Love’s Giant Stream…

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(English) Peak District Challenge Completed

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A Money for Madagascar supporter has raised hundreds of pounds to hep us work with Malagasy men, women and children, with a 100km (62 mile) hill-trek. Gregg Smith completed the timed hike through the UK’s Peak District on 28-29 June, and thanks in part to your…

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(English) Barea Vonona! Madagascar Prepares for Football Final

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar will tonight (Saturday 30th August 2025) compete in the Final of the African Nations Championship – the furthest the country has ever reached in an international football tournament. The Barea, whose previous best performance was their third-place in 2022 (the last time the tournament was…

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(English) Water point: changing the education and lives of youngsters and school staff

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Almost 200 children and staff at a Malagasy primary school now have reliable access to safe, clean water, thanks to Money for Madagascar, its partner and funders. The 191 children, and seven staff, at the EPP Ambohipeno, five km from the centre of Antsirabe, had previously…

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(English) King’s Posthumous Return Postive – But Madagascar Needs More Than Bones

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. The French government has returned three skulls – one believed to be of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops – to Madagascar in the latest step towards a rapprochement between the two states. The skulls were officially handed over to Malagasy government representatives in a…

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(English) MfM Partners in Dynamic, Innovative Nursery Workshop

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Money for Madagascar is delighted to have been invited to participate in an innovative international tree-growth and care initiative. The Darwin Nursery Exchange Project is in its final year and its last ‘nurserymen workshop’ – designed to share best practice, experience and build networks in creating…

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