(English) Dream home – savings and loans for permanent homes

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. ‘The GSC has allowed me to escape poverty. Today, I can dream bigger.’ The Resilient Forests and Livelihoods programme, to which all your DOUBLED donations made through the Green Match Fund from 12pm GMT Tuesday 22 April to 12pm GMT Tuesday 29 April, will go, works to protect the unique Malagasy…

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(English) Food for thought: beating hunger brings better learning

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A Money for Madagascar project has helped children pass their primary school exams in record numbers. Our Education for Life programme sets out to ensure that children – and parents – are able to access and benefit from high-quality education in Madagascar, and have the opportunity to fulfil their potential, benefiting…

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(English) Health, wealth and wellbeing: the challenges facing development and environmental action

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A new study in Madagascar reveals that young Malagasy people are suffering not only physical, but also serious mental health challenges as a result of climate catastrophe. And yet, even as these impacts are being uncovered and better understood, and even within a context in which the world is agreed that…

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(English) The Green Match Fund: it’s in the name

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. With the start of this year’s Green Match Fund just 17 days away, we take a brief look at one of the strands of our Resilient Forests and Livelihoods programme: ECCLiM. Green Match Fund: 12pm Tuesday 22 April 2025 – 12pm Tuesday 29 April 2025 WHAT’s in a name? Some names…

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(English) Road update: compensation promise to impacted people

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. THE MALAGASY government has said it will continue the construction of a road in the country’s east, without delay, despite its negative impact on communities in its path. The government’s Minister of Communication and Culture, Volamiranty Donna Mara described anyone with concerns about the road and its impact on Malagasy men,…

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(English) ‘Green Give’ – forests, farms and lemurs

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. ‘As a result of this project, we’ve noticed remarkable changes… We’re planting new trees and we look after the forests, reporting when people come to chop down trees… we’re learning new techniques and raising awareness about the importance of the environment.‘ The Big Give Green Match Fund is coming, and will last from 12pm…

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(English) Alahamady Be – unique and a shared human heritage

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English et Malagasy. The traditional Malagasy New Year – Alahamady Be – is a reminder that every human society has always shared the common values of life, light, food, music, celebration and community. Every society is unique in some way, but we share an enormous amount of our history, culture, heritage and…

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(English) A Malagasy update

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Almost 11,000 men, women and children have been displaced by Tropical Storm Jude, which made two landfalls in Madagascar this month – a situation made even worse by extreme food insecurity, and risk of disease associated with lack of food, and storm-related chaos. The World Health Organisation reported that as of…

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(English) Madagascar: A song of ice and water

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Every year on 22 March, World Water Day is an opportunity for us to focus on water, its vital importance to everything on Earth, its quality and accessibility to people all over the world. This year, the global theme is glaciers, which store 70 per cent of the world’s fresh water….

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(English) Girls’ centre at risk

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. ‘What I appreciate most at the centre is the character of the director and the educators who all know how to relieve and comfort me, who filled the hole left by lack of affection from my family.‘ Maminirina Randrianarison, 14 ‘The girls are in danger. The building is at risk of…

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