{"id":24678,"date":"2026-04-21T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/?page_id=24678"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:03:38","slug":"savings-and-loans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/fr\/get-involved\/earth-raise-2026\/savings-and-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Savings and Loans, Improving Lives, Saving Forests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Restore Forests, Renew Futures in Madagascar<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Double Your Impact with\u00a0Earth Raise 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Wednesday 22nd\u00a0\u2013 Wednesday 29th\u00a0April 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

NOW OPEN<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Money for Madagascar\u2019s\u00a0Earth Raise 2026<\/a>\u00a0fundraising week\u00a0is now open<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n

From now\u00a0until\u00a012pm on Wednesday 29th\u00a0April<\/strong>, we are raising money to\u00a0provide the platform \u2013 equipment, training and seed funding \u2013 upon which Malagasy men, women and children can improve their lives and livelihoods, and protect and expand the vital, vibrant wilderness upon which we all rely.<\/h4>\n

We can only achieve our target – \u00a360,000\u00a0– with your help.<\/h4>\n

Every\u00a0donation<\/strong>\u00a0made\u00a0through our Earth Raise 2026<\/a> web-page https:\/\/donate.biggive.org\/campaign\/a05WS00000Aun57YAB<\/a> (also linked now from every Earth Raise 2026 post on Money for Madagascar\u2019s website) will not only have double the impact, but will also be\u00a0doubled in value: every \u00a340 you donate will deliver \u00a380 to Malagasy men, women and children, and the Malagasy wilderness<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n

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Madagascar is one of the most beautiful, and remarkable, places on Earth, and a critical biodiversity hotspot. Ninety per cent of species here are found nowhere else on Earth.<\/h4>\n

We are also one\u00a0of only four \u2018carbon sinks\u2019 \u2013 Madagascar absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than we emit \u2013 on Earth. Madagascar is one of the world\u2019s last remaining \u2018brakes\u2019 slowing the runaway climate catastrophe which is increasing temperatures, raising sea-levels\u00a0and causing crop failure all over the world.<\/h4>\n

But we are losing our wilderness. If deforestation continues as it is, the Malagasy forests will be gone before 2065.<\/h4>\n

There is more than one reason, but poverty is certainly a driver. More than 90 per cent of Malagasy men, women and children live on or below the global poverty baseline, and most report missing at least one meal per day.\u00a0Hunger and urgent need drive\u00a0people to remove trees to create land to\u00a0grow more food.<\/h4>\n

This vicious cycle can only be ended if we\u00a0act\u00a0to reduce poverty\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0protect Madagascar\u2019s wild spaces.\u00a0And that\u2019s what our Earth Raise campaign is for.<\/h4>\n

We will use what you generously donate to:<\/h4>\n

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