(English) Peak District Challenge Completed

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 help, raised £626, well above…

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(English) MfM Partners in Dynamic, Innovative Nursery Workshop

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 tree nurseries to enable reforestation…

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(English) Development and Environment: cooperation, not competition

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 first time it has hosted…

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

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 Androy region in Southern Madagascar…

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(English) Funding cuts hit Malagasy communities

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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, farming equipment and technical support…

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(English) Forgive debts which cannot be paid

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. The world’s ‘developing states’ – primarily nations in the global South – should have their debt written off, according to an economic report commissioned by the Vatican. The Jubilee Report also recommends the restructuring of the global economic system to enable countries experiencing emergencies to access commonly held assets interest- and…

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(English) MfM Trustee Theresa Awarded for Lifetime of Dedication to Madagascar

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. 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…

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

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 first such meeting since the…

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(English) Money Over Birth Order: Equality and Opportunity

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A study suggests that money and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’ – plays the greatest role in people’s life outcomes. A study carried out in Madagascar investigating the effects of ‘eldest daughter syndrome’ appears to show that wealth and opportunity, rather than ‘hierarchy of birth’, have the greatest impact on…

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(English) EU and AU Meetings – ‘a profound shift’ decried

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 European states have announced significant…

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