Talking about sustainable environment, education and development in southeast Madagascar. New articles every week from our team!
The article explains how SEED Madagascar’s Project Masoandro is strengthening education by investing in teachers across rural Anosy.
This article explores how climate change intensifies gender-based violence (GBV) in southern Madagascar, where restrictive social norms and poverty leave women and girls especially vulnerable. Drawing on the experiences of SEED Madagascar staff Paula Amour and Espérante Razafisambatra, it highlights the intersection of climate impacts, harmful coping strategies, and limited support systems, while showcasing SEED’s initiatives to strengthen GBV prevention, awareness, and community resilience.
Madagascar’s unique honeybee is helping farmers fight deforestation and climate shocks. Through SEED’s Project Renitantely, rural beekeepers are building resilience, protecting biodiversity, and sustaining livelihoods in the Anosy region.
SEED Madagascar’s Ala Programme is restoring Sainte Luce’s littoral forest one tree at a time. With community collaboration, nearly 7,400 native seedlings were planted to reconnect habitats for endangered lemurs, strengthen biodiversity, and support local livelihoods.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.