‘It is not enough to be non-racist; we should move forward to be an actively anti-racist sector, ensuring we don’t perpetuate racist behaviours and systems when working with racialised communities.’ Money for Madagascar has signed and is committed to fulfilling the targets of the Wales and Africa programme’s Anti-Racism Charter. As a Malagasy-led development organisation, with extremely close ties…
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 first time it has hosted the annual meeting. Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina assumed…
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 Androy region in Southern Madagascar since 2017. The region has been stricken by…
‘MfM is our trust, and we are MfM’s trust’ Jean Pierre Ratsimbazafy, director, SAF FJKM Melaky A celebration of a Malagasy organisation’s 35th birthday – and the 20th anniversary of its ongoing partnership with Money for Madagascar – has highlighted the ways in which trust is building better lives across a region. SAF FJKM Melaky, a development organisation set…
‘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, farming equipment and technical support to cultivate a two-hectare field provided by the…
A project run by a Malagasy church organisation in partnership with Money for Madagascar is helping women lift themselves from poverty and in some cases, helping them feel included in their community for the first time. Forty-eight Muslim women in Melaky, Madagascar, have worked together to build a business with assistance from the SAF FJKM Women’s Development Project. The…
The Malagasy state has commissioned a polio laboratory in Antananarivo. It took formal control of the laboratory, which had been used by WHO, on Monday (14 July 2025) and will use it to observe and respond to polio outbreaks if and when they arise. Nely Alphonse José, head of the plague, emerging and neglected tropical disease control department at…
‘Thanks to books, I have weaved a better future.’ Elina Miorantsoa An MfM-sponsored school library programme is helping adults improve their incomes, and transform their lives. Money for Madagascar’s Education for Life programme works, through local organisations in Madagascar, to help young people access and gain the most from their education: as is their right and as they deserve….
Our colleague, trustee and friend Theresa Haine, alongside another vital and valued ally Ony Rakotoarivelo, have been justly honoured with the Sir Mervyn Brown Award 2025. The award has been given for their outstanding work with and for Malagasy people and in protection of the country’s culture, its vital wilderness and the promotion and development of partnership between Madagascar…
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 first such meeting since the latter was elected in May. Bishop Marie-Fabien Raharilamboniaina,…
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As the impacts of Cyclone Gezani continue…
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