Double Your Impact with\u00a0<\/strong>Earth Raise 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\nWednesday 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Wednesday 29th<\/sup>\u00a0April 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\nMoney for Madagascar\u2019s Earth Raise 2026 (the new name for the Big Give\u2019s Green Match Fund) fundraising campaign begins in a fortnight, at 12pm (UK time) on Wednesday 22nd<\/sup> April.<\/h4>\nFrom that moment until 12pm UK time on Wednesday 29th<\/sup> April, everything you donate will have:<\/h4>\n\n- \n
double the value<\/strong>: your donation will be doubled<\/strong> by our pledgers and champion fundraiser, meaning every \u00a320 you donate will deliver \u00a340 to Malagasy communities<\/strong>; and<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
double the impact<\/strong>: it will be used to improve Malagasy people\u2019s lives and livelihoods and<\/em> to protect and expand Madagascar\u2019s vibrant, vital wilderness<\/strong>, upon which we all rely<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20241016_SADABE_Parcelle-DAF-du-frere-de-RANDRIAMITANTSOA-Fidele-a-Sarodrano_c-Anna-1-300x200.jpg\")
<\/h4>\nMadagascar is one of only four \u2018carbon sinks\u2019 \u2013 regions which absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit \u2013 on Earth. It is one of the world\u2019s few \u2018brakes\u2019 on the climate crisis increasing temperatures, raising sea-levels and causing crop failure.<\/h4>\nBut Madagascar is also losing its wilderness. If deforestation continues at its present rate, all of its forests will be gone before 2065.<\/h4>\nSome of this deforestation is driven by poverty. 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. This hunger drives many to remove trees to create land to increase food production.<\/h4>\nThat\u2019s why our Earth Raise 2026 campaign aims to raise \u00a330,000, which will be doubled in value to \u00a360,000, to address Malagasy food insecurity and protect and reforest Madagascar\u2019s wilderness, by:<\/h4>\n\n- \n
training Malagasy people in dynamic agro-forestry and climate smart agriculture, to restore degraded land, increase crop diversity, resilience and yields increasing food security and incomes, and reducing the need for forest clearance<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- \n
restore wild land and reforest, recreating spaces for Malagasy plants and animals to thrive<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- \n
strengthen community conservation leadership, to improve environmental protection and stewardship, and livelihoods and incomes<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20241016_SADABE_Randriamitantsoa-Fidele-dans-sa-parcelle-DAF-a-Sarodrano_c-Anna-2-300x200.jpg\")
<\/h4>\nIn the Tsinjoarivo rainforest, MfM\u2019s Dynamic Agro-Forestry (DAF) project has been training men and women in soil protection, methods to increase agricultural yield, and in protecting their local forest.<\/h4>\nFid\u00e8le Randriamitantsoa, a relay farmer in Sarodrano Tsinjoarivo, said: \u2018Before adopting DAF, agricultural production on my land was very low, because the soil was not very fertile and I could not afford fertiliser.<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n\u2018After receiving training in DAF and seed technique, I learned to make vermicompost, and produced 3m\u00b3 of fertiliser.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\u2018DAF proved to me that it is possible to obtain good production even on a small surface. On a plot of land measuring 40x40m, I harvested 80 cups of beans from 17 sown cups. I also harvested three bredes soubiques (a Malagasy green, used in many dishes) from a 10g packet of seeds, and 500kg of potatoes using vermicompost.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\u2018My brother saw my harvests, and also decided to adopt DAF.<\/em><\/span>\u2019<\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20241016_SADABE_Photo-de-RANDRIAMITANTSOA-Fidele-avec-sa-femme-et-Narcisse-Technicien-de-SADABE_c-Anna-300x200.jpg\")
<\/h4>\nOur work here and elsewhere in Madagascar proves that there is no \u2018clash\u2019 between the survival of men, women and children reliant on what they can grow, and the remote forest in which they live and upon which the global ecosystem relies.<\/h4>\nWith your donation, which will have double the impact, and will continue our work uniting conservation and development, we will be able to do even more<\/strong>.<\/h4>\nThe slogan marking this, our 40th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary year, is \u2018Hazo tokana tsy mba ala, Ny firaisakina no hery:\u00a0One tree does not make a forest\u00a0\u2013 Together we are stronger.<\/em>\u2019<\/h4>\nWith Earth Raise 2026, we can stand together, and build stronger forests.<\/h4>\nPlease share this message with friends, family and colleagues, and save the date.<\/h4>\nEarth Raise 2026<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\nEarth Raise 2026: what we will do<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\nReaping the fruits of the forest \u2013 DAF with MfM<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ER2-logos-300x88.png\")
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Money for Madagascar\u2019s Earth Raise 2026 (the new name for the Big Give\u2019s Green Match Fund) fundraising campaign begins in a fortnight, at 12pm (UK time) on Wednesday 22nd<\/sup> April.<\/h4>\nFrom that moment until 12pm UK time on Wednesday 29th<\/sup> April, everything you donate will have:<\/h4>\n\n- \n
double the value<\/strong>: your donation will be doubled<\/strong> by our pledgers and champion fundraiser, meaning every \u00a320 you donate will deliver \u00a340 to Malagasy communities<\/strong>; and<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
double the impact<\/strong>: it will be used to improve Malagasy people\u2019s lives and livelihoods and<\/em> to protect and expand Madagascar\u2019s vibrant, vital wilderness<\/strong>, upon which we all rely<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\nMadagascar is one of only four \u2018carbon sinks\u2019 \u2013 regions which absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit \u2013 on Earth. It is one of the world\u2019s few \u2018brakes\u2019 on the climate crisis increasing temperatures, raising sea-levels and causing crop failure.<\/h4>\nBut Madagascar is also losing its wilderness. If deforestation continues at its present rate, all of its forests will be gone before 2065.<\/h4>\nSome of this deforestation is driven by poverty. 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. This hunger drives many to remove trees to create land to increase food production.<\/h4>\nThat\u2019s why our Earth Raise 2026 campaign aims to raise \u00a330,000, which will be doubled in value to \u00a360,000, to address Malagasy food insecurity and protect and reforest Madagascar\u2019s wilderness, by:<\/h4>\n\n- \n
training Malagasy people in dynamic agro-forestry and climate smart agriculture, to restore degraded land, increase crop diversity, resilience and yields increasing food security and incomes, and reducing the need for forest clearance<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- \n
restore wild land and reforest, recreating spaces for Malagasy plants and animals to thrive<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- \n
strengthen community conservation leadership, to improve environmental protection and stewardship, and livelihoods and incomes<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\nIn the Tsinjoarivo rainforest, MfM\u2019s Dynamic Agro-Forestry (DAF) project has been training men and women in soil protection, methods to increase agricultural yield, and in protecting their local forest.<\/h4>\nFid\u00e8le Randriamitantsoa, a relay farmer in Sarodrano Tsinjoarivo, said: \u2018Before adopting DAF, agricultural production on my land was very low, because the soil was not very fertile and I could not afford fertiliser.<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n\u2018After receiving training in DAF and seed technique, I learned to make vermicompost, and produced 3m\u00b3 of fertiliser.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\u2018DAF proved to me that it is possible to obtain good production even on a small surface. On a plot of land measuring 40x40m, I harvested 80 cups of beans from 17 sown cups. I also harvested three bredes soubiques (a Malagasy green, used in many dishes) from a 10g packet of seeds, and 500kg of potatoes using vermicompost.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\u2018My brother saw my harvests, and also decided to adopt DAF.<\/em><\/span>\u2019<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\nOur work here and elsewhere in Madagascar proves that there is no \u2018clash\u2019 between the survival of men, women and children reliant on what they can grow, and the remote forest in which they live and upon which the global ecosystem relies.<\/h4>\nWith your donation, which will have double the impact, and will continue our work uniting conservation and development, we will be able to do even more<\/strong>.<\/h4>\nThe slogan marking this, our 40th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary year, is \u2018Hazo tokana tsy mba ala, Ny firaisakina no hery:\u00a0One tree does not make a forest\u00a0\u2013 Together we are stronger.<\/em>\u2019<\/h4>\nWith Earth Raise 2026, we can stand together, and build stronger forests.<\/h4>\nPlease share this message with friends, family and colleagues, and save the date.<\/h4>\nEarth Raise 2026<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\nEarth Raise 2026: what we will do<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\nReaping the fruits of the forest \u2013 DAF with MfM<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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double the value<\/strong>: your donation will be doubled<\/strong> by our pledgers and champion fundraiser, meaning every \u00a320 you donate will deliver \u00a340 to Malagasy communities<\/strong>; and<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
double the impact<\/strong>: it will be used to improve Malagasy people\u2019s lives and livelihoods and<\/em> to protect and expand Madagascar\u2019s vibrant, vital wilderness<\/strong>, upon which we all rely<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h4>\nMadagascar is one of only four \u2018carbon sinks\u2019 \u2013 regions which absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit \u2013 on Earth. It is one of the world\u2019s few \u2018brakes\u2019 on the climate crisis increasing temperatures, raising sea-levels and causing crop failure.<\/h4>\n
But Madagascar is also losing its wilderness. If deforestation continues at its present rate, all of its forests will be gone before 2065.<\/h4>\n
Some of this deforestation is driven by poverty. 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. This hunger drives many to remove trees to create land to increase food production.<\/h4>\n
That\u2019s why our Earth Raise 2026 campaign aims to raise \u00a330,000, which will be doubled in value to \u00a360,000, to address Malagasy food insecurity and protect and reforest Madagascar\u2019s wilderness, by:<\/h4>\n
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training Malagasy people in dynamic agro-forestry and climate smart agriculture, to restore degraded land, increase crop diversity, resilience and yields increasing food security and incomes, and reducing the need for forest clearance<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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restore wild land and reforest, recreating spaces for Malagasy plants and animals to thrive<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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strengthen community conservation leadership, to improve environmental protection and stewardship, and livelihoods and incomes<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h4>\nIn the Tsinjoarivo rainforest, MfM\u2019s Dynamic Agro-Forestry (DAF) project has been training men and women in soil protection, methods to increase agricultural yield, and in protecting their local forest.<\/h4>\n
Fid\u00e8le Randriamitantsoa, a relay farmer in Sarodrano Tsinjoarivo, said: \u2018Before adopting DAF, agricultural production on my land was very low, because the soil was not very fertile and I could not afford fertiliser.<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
\u2018After receiving training in DAF and seed technique, I learned to make vermicompost, and produced 3m\u00b3 of fertiliser.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
\u2018DAF proved to me that it is possible to obtain good production even on a small surface. On a plot of land measuring 40x40m, I harvested 80 cups of beans from 17 sown cups. I also harvested three bredes soubiques (a Malagasy green, used in many dishes) from a 10g packet of seeds, and 500kg of potatoes using vermicompost.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
\u2018My brother saw my harvests, and also decided to adopt DAF.<\/em><\/span>\u2019<\/h4>\n
<\/h4>\nOur work here and elsewhere in Madagascar proves that there is no \u2018clash\u2019 between the survival of men, women and children reliant on what they can grow, and the remote forest in which they live and upon which the global ecosystem relies.<\/h4>\n
With your donation, which will have double the impact, and will continue our work uniting conservation and development, we will be able to do even more<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n
The slogan marking this, our 40th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary year, is \u2018Hazo tokana tsy mba ala, Ny firaisakina no hery:\u00a0One tree does not make a forest\u00a0\u2013 Together we are stronger.<\/em>\u2019<\/h4>\n
With Earth Raise 2026, we can stand together, and build stronger forests.<\/h4>\n
Please share this message with friends, family and colleagues, and save the date.<\/h4>\n
Earth Raise 2026<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
Earth Raise 2026: what we will do<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Reaping the fruits of the forest \u2013 DAF with MfM<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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