(English) Plantlife: protecting forests, improving lives

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Today, 21 March 2025, is the International Day of Forests, a moment where the world can take a moment to appreciate – and hopefully commit to protecting – the environment of which we are all a part and upon which we all rely. The theme of this year’s recognition is ‘Celebrating…

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(English) Environment and development – more than carbon capture (but that too!)

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A study suggests that an agro-forestry project in Panama collects less carbon than it had originally hoped to. Though it should not be the responsibility of people – like those of Panama and Madagascar – who live in carbon sinks to collect carbon for the rest of the world, MfM and…

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(English) Loud and PROUD: Young Women Lead Community-developed Climate Change Responses

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. YOUNG women in a land-locked, remote area of Madagascar are taking the lead in their communities’ response to climate change. A Money for Madagascar programme in Maintirano, capital of the Melaky region in western Madagascar, has helped 16 women aged 20-45 lead a series of initiatives which are building better lives…

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(English) Appeal to suspend road construction – 109 CSOs/NGOs

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. MONEY for Madagascar has joined 108 other civic and non-governmental organisations calling on the President of the Malagasy Republic to suspend work on an ambitious, but so far destructive, road-building project in the country’s east. The Antananarivo-Taomasina highway project – funded by the IMF – has the potential to considerably improve…

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(English) Malagasy women: sisters doing it for us all

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. On International Women’s Day, Saturday 8 March 2025, we note that gender equality benefits everyone, and stress that equality is not only worthwhile because it helps everyone economically, but because we are all equally worthy and deserving of fundamental rights, equal opportunities, and equal outcomes from our efforts. We are helping…

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(English) MfM and the Wildlife Connection

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Today (3 March 2025) is World Wildlife Day, a moment in which we celebrate the world’s wildlife and conservation work done to protect it and the ecosystems of which animals, plants and we are part, and upon which we all rely. At Money for Madagascar, wildlife and the ecosystems of which…

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(English) Mentoring and care for a flourishing community

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. THOUSANDS of children, young people and adults in a growing but underserved Malagasy town are set to benefit from a facility providing education advice, training, healthcare, access to books and technology, and food. The Ankizy Gasy Mentoring Centre, in Ambohidratrimo is set to open officially tomorrow (Saturday 1 March 2025). It…

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(English) On the front-line of disaster, we must do more to help

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. In the wake of floods killing at least 11 people following extreme rains in Madagascar, we call once again for the country and its people to receive proper assistance to deal with and help reduce the impacts of climate catastrophe. Severe flooding, including of the Sisaony and Ikopa rivers in Analamanga…

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(English) Community power: proving sustainable development works in Madagascar

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Money for Madagascar and Malagasy people have shown sustainable development can build a better future for Madagascar, in a project which has empowered communities to protect their environment while improving their incomes and living standards. Our Empowering Communities for Conservation and Livelihoods in Madagascar initiative (ECCLiM), supported by the Critical Ecosystem…

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(English) The US, aid, and Money for Madagascar

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. We are aware that our supporters and partners have understandable concerns about our position and situation in the light of developments in the US and now the Netherlands. At present, we are not directly affected by the measures taken by the US government. We do not receive funding from USAID. Nor…

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