(English) Madagascar, you, and us

6th May 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. The people, the plants, and the animals of Madagascar are fighting a battle for survival, against problems which are almost all not of their making. Our work is inclusive, it is fair, and it is necessary. Join us. At Money for Madagascar, we work with and for…

(English) Steps towards the future – but more must be done

28th April 2025

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| agriculture, Aid, Children for Life, climate, community, conservation, Construction, DAF, development, Dynamic Agro-Forestry, Dynamic Agroforestry, education, Education for Life, environment, equality, farming, finance, food, forest, France, livelihoods, loans, Macron, Madagascar, Malagasy, poverty, Protecting and Enabling Vulnerable Children, Rajoelina, RFL, Scattered Islands, trade, Vulnerable children

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Malagasy counterpart Andry Nirina Rajoelina have agreed and announced a series of agreements on education, agriculture and energy, as well as one promising a joint study of a massacre in which some believe 200,000 Malagasy people were killed by French soldiers…

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

14th April 2025

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| community, development, equality, farming, food, GEC, Green Give, Green Match Fund, livelihoods, loans, Madagascar, Malagasy, poverty, RFL, savings and loan, women

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. ‘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…

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

5th April 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

(English) A Malagasy update

28th March 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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

17th March 2025

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Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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

7th March 2025

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| climate, climate catastrophe, climate change, community, education, environment, equality, Fihavanana, forest, gender, girls, homelessness, IMF, Madagascar, Malagasy, Protecting and Enabling Vulnerable Children, rainforest, RFL, Vulnerable children, wildlife, women, young women

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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

21st February 2025

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| Aid, Children, climate, climate catastrophe, climate change, conservation, development, education, environment, equality, forest, gender, health, livelihoods, Madagascar, Malagasy, Netherlands, Partnerships, poverty, rainforest, trade, US, USAID, water, wildlife

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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