Madagascar has stopped a polio outbreak in its tracks after five years, by reaching more than 19 million people with life-saving vaccines against the disease. The outbreak began in 2020, and directly threatened the lives of children younger than five and unvaccinated adults – a threat made greater by the severe food insecurity experienced by millions of Malagasy men,…
‘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 make a difference to our lives and situations, and this can be of…
The people, the plants, and the animals of Madagascar are fighting a battle for survival, against problems which are almost all not of their making. Our work is inclusive, it is fair, and it is necessary. Join us. At Money for Madagascar, we work with and for Malagasy organisations, communities and individuals, offering people a platform from which their…
Money for Madagascar and our partners helped almost 800 Malagasy children who cannot live with their families, in the last year. In the last full year, Money for Madagascar and its Malagasy partners provided care, shelter, education, food, clean water and education to almost 800 Malagasy children unable to live with their families. Our Protecting and Empowering Vulnerable Children/Children…
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 from poverty and hunger, while protecting the vibrant, vital forests which surround them….
‘In this school we have seen a model of energy and connectivity which the World Bank team and the ministerial team can draw inspiration from to expand it across Madagascar.’ Two MfM programmes’ innovative approaches to education and energy provision, have been declared a model to be used across Madagascar by the World Bank. Energy specialists and World Bank…
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 soldiers and politicians. We welcome the development initiatives – and hope the ‘commission…
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 Macron arrives in Madagascar today to meet with Malagasy president Andry Nirina Rajoelina,…
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 and loans projects run by Money for Madagascar and our Malagasy partner Mitsinjo…
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 people to lift themselves from poverty and food shortage, without resorting to damaging…
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