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Volunteering for a Second Time: Why Come Back?

By Isobel Hawkins April 6, 2026

In this blog piece, one of our returning volunteers shares her experience of spending August 2024 in Sainte Luce with SEED’s Conservation Research Programme. After first volunteering with us, she felt inspired to come back, and her vivid reflections capture exactly why. From unforgettable wildlife encounters and breathtaking landscapes to the warmth, skill, and knowledge of the Malagasy team, her story offers a beautiful glimpse into what makes volunteering in Madagascar so special.

Volunteering for a Second Time: Why Come Back?

Education

Digital Learning: transforming education for students in rural Anosy

By Naomi Gammon and Clarisse Riou March 9, 2026

In rural Anosy, the Digital Learning component of Project Masoandro (“sun” in Malagasy) equips primary schools with innovative solar-powered educational technology. SEED partners with Jiro-VE to install solar panels on the roof of the school building, providing the energy needed to recharge tablets, projectors, speakers, and powerbanks. This ensures that digital learning can happen reliably, even without electricity.

Digital Learning: transforming education for students in rural Anosy

Community Health

Fighting Child Malnutrition in Madagascar: Local Solutions Making a Lasting Difference

By Annalisa Demarch and Laura Werle January 12, 2026

In light of the Gates Foundation report highlighting rising global child mortality rates, we take a closer look at a new community-led approach being trialled by the SEED team in Madagascar to tackle malnutrition.

Fighting Child Malnutrition in Madagascar: Local Solutions Making a Lasting Difference

Madagascar

Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Madagascar’s Food Insecurity Crisis

By Emily Stenton December 10, 2025

Madagascar rarely finds itself gaining international media attention. Yet in recent weeks a wave of stories about lemur-meat consumption has appeared in several major international outlets, including The New York Times and BBC News’ Focus on Africa Podcast.

Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Madagascar’s Food Insecurity Crisis

Environment

Children Are the Future of Our World

By Gerard Haussmann December 6, 2025

SEED Madagascar’s Let it Grow Christmas Appeal empowers children and families in southeast Madagascar with sustainable agriculture, restoring land, strengthening communities, and building hope for the future.

Children Are the Future of Our World

Environment

Let It Grow: Planting Hope in Tsagnoriha

By Emily Stenton November 26, 2025

SEED Madagascar’s agroforestry project in Tsagnoriha is planting hope by teaching sustainable farming, improving nutrition, and building resilience for over 10,000 people facing climate challenges.

Let It Grow: Planting Hope in Tsagnoriha

Madagascar

Unrest and Uncertainty: What Madagascar's Turning Point Could Mean for the Country's Future

By Charlie Reid October 14, 2025

Madagascar’s protests escalated from youth-led demonstrations over service shortages to a nationwide crisis after a military unit aligned with demonstrators.

Unrest and Uncertainty: What Madagascar's Turning Point Could Mean for the Country's Future

Environment

Saving the Phelsuma antanosy and Telling Their Story

By Avery Tilley October 8, 2025

Avery provides a powerful glimpse into the world of the elusive gecko species Phelsuma antanosy—found nowhere else on earth.

Saving the Phelsuma antanosy and Telling Their Story

News

From Then to Now: Inside Look at 20 Years at SEED with Deputy Director Tsina Endor

By The SEED Madagascar team October 5, 2025

Today, October 5th, we celebrate a remarkable milestone as our Deputy Director, Tsina Endor, marks 20 years with SEED Madagascar. Her story has become inseparable from SEED’s own.

From Then to Now: Inside Look at 20 Years at SEED with Deputy Director Tsina Endor

Madagascar

Protests in Tana, Quiet in the Southeast: Two Realities in Madagascar

By Charlie Reid October 2, 2025

Last Friday, largely youth-led mobilisations erupted in Madagascar's capital, calling for an end to persistent cuts to water and electricity.

Protests in Tana, Quiet in the Southeast: Two Realities in Madagascar