Money for Madagascar is a UK charity (registration number 1001420) founded in Wales in 1986. The charity now has offices in Lancaster, Llangadog and Antananarivo,

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. Money for Madagascar invests in Malagasy-led solutions to reduce poverty and protect the environment in

. MfM works with 15 Malagasy NGO partners, who support local conservation and development in over 100 communities. Money for Madagascar typically funds projects in the following areas:

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and manageme ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

disaster relief Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...

and

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

. MfM backs ‘Malagasy Solutions to Malagasy Challenges’ : supporting and strengthening Malagasy organisations and communities to build their own resilience. Taking an integrated WHEELS approach MfM Programmes strengthen

Water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

Environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

, Livelihoods and

Sanitation Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems ...

, which all work together to build a Rim of Resilience. Programme activities typically tackle issues such as

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated d ...

food security Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World F ...

, preventable illnesses,

illiteracy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

and

innumeracy Numeracy is the ability to understand, reason with, and to apply simple numerical concepts. The charity National Numeracy states: "Numeracy means understanding how mathematics is used in the real world and being able to apply it to make the bes ...

and access to clean

water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

History and beginnings

Money for Madagascar was founded in 1986 to invest in Malagasy-led development and conservation solutions.

Work

Money for Madagascar operates by funding programmes devised and managed by development partners in Madagascar.

Areas of activity

Projects that Money for Madagascar funds typically focus on one or more of the following areas: * Conservation * Sustainable development * Public health * Supporting vulnerable children and young people * Disaster Relief & Resilience for Famine, Cyclones etc * Education Money for Madagascar has funded projects in both rural and urban communities and in locations across Madagascar.

Beneficiaries

Money for Madagascar's principal beneficiaries are: * Destitute children * Vulnerable young women and girls * Young people with physical or learning disabilities * Impoverished families * Communities living in or around ecological hotspots

Partners

Money for Madagascar employs no expatriate staff in Madagascar but instead operates by funding projects managed by local development partners. These include: * Association Miarintsoa * Akany Avoko Ambohidratrimo & Bevalala Children's Centre (FFPM) * Akany Hasina * Akany TsinjoHasina * Association Voary Maitso * Association Mitsinjo * Madagasikara Voakajy * Ankizy Gasy * SAF/FJKM * Centre Fihavanana -Sisters of the Good Shepherd * Topaza FJKM Children's Centre * ALT -

Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...

Relief in Southern Madagascar * MDI * Association WtdM * ONG Sadabe * Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership Money for Madagascar's strategic Partners and Funding Partners include: * The Adsum Foundation *

Mary's Meals Mary's Meals, formerly known as Scottish International Relief (SIR), is a registered charity which sets up school feeding programmes in some of the world's poorest communities, where hunger and poverty prevent children from gaining an education. ...

* Nature Fund *

Rainforest Trust Rainforest Trust is a US-based nonprofit environmental organization focused on the purchase and protection of tropical lands to strategically conserve threatened species. Founded in 1988, Rainforest Trust was formerly known as World Parks Endowm ...

* The

Darwin Initiative The Darwin Initiative is a UK Government funding program that aims to assist countries with rich biodiversity but poor financial resources to meet their objectives under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); the Convention on International T ...

Solar Aid SolarAid is an international development charity which is working to create a sustainable market for solar lights in Africa. In line with the Sustainable Development Goal 7: "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy f ...

* Solar United * Feedback Madagascar * SEED * MDF * Kuanza MIA * Anglo-Malagasy Society * Friends of Madagascar * Association of Malagasy Residents in Britain * FANC * Alliance Voary Gasy *

Bird Life International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding ...

-ASITY * ESSA Forests * Bangor University Researchers including Prof Julia Jones * Lancaster University - Lancaster Environment Centre * Madagascar Education Authorities (MEN, DREN, CISCO, ZAP) * Madagascar National Office for Nutrition ONN * Madagascar National Parks (MNP) * HUB Cymru Africa https://hubcymruafrica.wales. * INTRAC * FSI * Chatham House * GLF * UWI * Caplor Horizons * Better World Books Secure Funding Platforms that take Donations for Money for Madagascar include: * Paypal Giving Fund https://www.paypal.com/GB/fundraiser/charity/3242237 * JustGiving https://www.justgiving.com/moneyformadagascar * B1G1 https://account.b1g1.com/wcu_partner/254 * The Big Give https://moneyformadagascar.org/big-give-christmas-challenge/ * Money for Madagascar's website donation page https://moneyformadagascar.org/donate/ Follow Money for Madagascar's News on the MfM official website https://moneyformadagascar.org and on MfM socials on facebook, twitter @MfMadagascar.org and instagram

Organisation

Staff

Money for Madagascar is a UK charity which has been raising funds for over 36 years. In the UK we have a small team based in Lancaster and Llangadog, backed by a board of Malagasy and British trustees and volunteers across the UK, Madagascar and beyond. In 2016 we opened a MfM office in Madagascar, which is run by our dynamic Malagasy team ‘AMI’. Our AMI team provide support, training and monitoring to MfM’s 15 Malagasy NGO partners, who support over 100 communities.

Patrons

Our patrons include experts in international development, Malagasy wildlife and Malagasy history – including the conservationist Dr Lee Durrell, the travel guide Hilary Bradt and the former Ambassador & Anglo-Malagasy Society President Sir Mervyn Brown. * Rt Hon

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea (born 17 June 1939) is a Welsh Labour politician, who was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in recent years, his service totalling 34 years. Since 2005, he has served as a Labour peer i ...

Hilary Bradt Hilary Bradt MBE (born 17 July 1941) is the founder of Bradt Travel Guides, a publisher which became an increasingly visible presence in the travel guide book world starting in the mid-1970s. From 1972, Bradt spent 18 months backpacking from Col ...

MBE * Sir Mervyn Brown KCMG * Dr

Lee Durrell Lee McGeorge Durrell (née McGeorge; born September 7, 1949) is an American natural history, naturalist, author, zookeeper, and television presenter. She is best known for her work at the Jersey Zoo, Jersey Zoological Park in the British Chann ...

* Dr Barbara and Dr Allan Prys-Williams

External links

Money for Madagascar Official Website

References

{{reflist Organizations established in 1986 Organisations based in Wales