Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Heavy rains in and around Madagascar’s capital city Antananarivo have caused extensive damage to a children’s centre with which we work. On Tuesday (11 November 2025) evening at about 7.15pm Malagasy-time, a storm including heavy rain, strong winds and hail, struck the Akany Avoko Ambohidatrimo (AAA) centre, home to 105 children;…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 doors to young people who…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en 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 8th September 2025) or less…
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…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. More than 200 people, including more than 190 children, gathered last Saturday to celebrate Malagasy children’s rights, talents and care. Madagascar’s Children’s Month, held every June, is dedicated to highlighting and promoting children’s rights. Those rights, enshrined in the UN’s Declaration of the Rights of the Child, include the right to…
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…
Toute l’équipe de Money for Madagascar présente ses condoléances à toute la famille de Bebe Ravao, membre distinguée, dévouée et appréciée des centres d’accueil pour enfants AAA-B, décédée à l’âge de 59 ans, le dimanche 8 juin. Elle était une éducatrice et une soignante extraordinaire qui a changé la vie de centaines d’enfants et de jeunes. RAVAONIRINA Helisoa, dit Bebe…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. ‘I encourage my grandchildren to continue their education, because I lived for many years in ignorance, without knowing how to read or write. Now, at 68 years old, I finally had the chance to learn, and it has changed my life.’ Andry Rakotoarinaivo Money for Madagascar’s Education for Life lives up…
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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