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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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Alahamady Be – lova tokana sy iombonana

Na dia mankalaza ny Taom-baovao amin’ny 1 Janoary miaraka amin’ny ankamaroan’izao tontolo izao aza i Madagasikara, ny taom-baovao ara-tantara Alahamady Be (ny andro voalohany amin’ny volana Alahamady), dia nilatsaka ny fenomanana ny volana Marsa (araka ny kalandrie gregorianina) na manodidina an’izay. Amin’ity taona ity, ny Alahamady Be dia nitontona ny, Alahady 30 Marsa araka ny kalendrier gregorianina. Na dia…

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(English) Environment and development – more than carbon capture (but that too!)

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. A study suggests that an agro-forestry project in Panama collects less carbon than it had originally hoped to. Though it should not be the responsibility of people – like those of Panama and Madagascar – who live in carbon sinks to collect carbon for the rest of…

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

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…

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(English) Appeal to suspend road construction – 109 CSOs/NGOs

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. MONEY for Madagascar has joined 108 other civic and non-governmental organisations calling on the President of the Malagasy Republic to suspend work on an ambitious, but so far destructive, road-building project in the country’s east. The Antananarivo-Taomasina highway project – funded by the IMF – has the…

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(English) Mentoring and care for a flourishing community

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. THOUSANDS of children, young people and adults in a growing but underserved Malagasy town are set to benefit from a facility providing education advice, training, healthcare, access to books and technology, and food. The Ankizy Gasy Mentoring Centre, in Ambohidratrimo is set to open officially tomorrow (Saturday…

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(English) Community power: proving sustainable development works in Madagascar

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Money for Madagascar and Malagasy people have shown sustainable development can build a better future for Madagascar, in a project which has empowered communities to protect their environment while improving their incomes and living standards. Our Empowering Communities for Conservation and Livelihoods in Madagascar initiative (ECCLiM), supported…

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