SEED Madagascar

SEED Madagascar SEED is an award-winning sustainable development organisation working in southeast Madagascar 🧡

08/10/2026

🔐 3 locks. 3 keys. 3 families.

In southeastern Madagascar, climate shocks, changing weather, and fluctuating incomes can make it difficult for households to save for the future. Project Miarina, SEED’s financial resilience project, helps households build saving habits and create a safety net for unexpected expenses. 🧡

As part of Miarina, community savings groups save together, with each savings box protected by three locks. Each key is held by an elected member from a different family, so no one person can access the savings alone.
Between April and August 2026, four active groups saved 4.98 million MGA together. 💰

There’s a ghost in Sainte Luce... 👻Deep in the forests of southeastern Madagascar, our team recently confirmed a new rec...
05/10/2026

There’s a ghost in Sainte Luce... 👻

Deep in the forests of southeastern Madagascar, our team recently confirmed a new record of the rare Ghost Gecko (Matoatoa spannringi) in the S12 forest fragment. The discovery was made possible with the help of local community members, whose knowledge of the forest helped guide our researchers towards where the species could be found. 🦎

Known as a “ghost gecko” for its rarity and secretive habits, this elusive species is rarely encountered. Take a look at the ghost gecko for yourself! 👀

Meanwhile, our research camp has a new name: Camp Varika, inspired by the Brown Lemurs that have become regular visitors around camp. 🐒🌿

Featured are some of our conservation research programme volunteers and their slithery friends from the forest. 🐍 Swipe through!

🗺️ Mapping malnutrition in south-east Madagascar 🇲🇬For thousands of families across here, the risk of acute malnutrition...
03/10/2026

🗺️ Mapping malnutrition in south-east Madagascar 🇲🇬

For thousands of families across here, the risk of acute malnutrition is a reality. An estimated 502K children under five are expected to suffer from, or be at risk of, acute malnutrition between May 2026 and April 2027.

As part of Project Miatrika’s holistic response to malnutrition, the project is identifying and treating moderate acute malnutrition, while connecting children with severe acute malnutrition to appropriate health services.

Alexandra Preston, Junior Programme Officer for Project Miatrika, developed these maps to show malnutrition rates in the communes where the project works, alongside 24 Community Health Centres (CSBs), serving 136 communities. 🧡

Project Miatrika is implemented in partnership with humedica e.V. and kindly supported by Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office, Germany)

For Lazo, the most rewarding part of his work is seeing small changes become big steps forward. 🧡Rafanomezantsoa Lazofre...
01/10/2026

For Lazo, the most rewarding part of his work is seeing small changes become big steps forward. 🧡

Rafanomezantsoa Lazofret, lovingly known as Lazo, is a Senior Community Liaison Officer on Project Miarina, SEED Madagascar’s financial resilience project. Since joining us in November 2025, he has worked closely with households to build financial knowledge and saving habits. 💡

Since Miarina began in September 2025, 87 households across nine communities have saved more than 12.3 million MGA (approx. £2,117!). 💰 For Lazo, the best part is seeing families turn what they learn into real progress, from covering healthcare costs and school fees, to investing in a small shop, especially during the lean season when household finances can be under greater pressure. 🌱

We love working with Lazo, and are proud to have him on the Miarina team! 🇲🇬

🌍 Looking for a way to support SEED Madagascar? You can now find us on Trustbridge Global.Alongside platforms such as Gl...
29/09/2026

🌍 Looking for a way to support SEED Madagascar? You can now find us on Trustbridge Global.

Alongside platforms such as GlobalGiving, Enthuse and Benevity, Trustbridge offers another way to support us from overseas, with fees as low as 1% and tax benefits for eligible donors. Our current Ifarantsa Upper Secondary School appeal on Trustbridge is helping to create better learning spaces and improve access to safe water and hygiene facilities.

The school serves 144 students but has only two classrooms, with second-year students taught in a borrowed storage room around one kilometre away. There is also just one student latrine and no safe water source, so students and teachers rely on the unprotected river pictured here.

🧡 If you’re able to, please consider supporting the appeal through Trustbridge: https://givingspace.trustbridgeglobal.com/project/4923bf11-089b-4464-8f44-73d607dc4dd4/eng/summary

🦞 Happy World Lobster Day! Along Madagascar’s southeast coast, spiny lobster is an important source of income for coasta...
25/09/2026

🦞 Happy World Lobster Day!

Along Madagascar’s southeast coast, spiny lobster is an important source of income for coastal communities. When a lobster-buying company supplied boats to Sainte Luce, the community's marine committee capped the number at 15. With around 100 boats already fishing the same waters, they chose to limit fishing and help protect lobster populations. 🧡

For families in Sainte Luce, Elodrato and Ambanihazo, healthy lobster populations are important for the future of their fisheries.

That’s what Project Oratsimba is all about: working with fishing communities to support sustainable fishing, strengthen local management and protect the marine resources they rely on. 🌊

🔗 Find out more about Project Oratsimba madagascar.co.uk/projects/sustainable-livelihoods/oratsimba

The roof is up! 🎉🏫 We’re so excited to see the new school building at Volobe Sud taking shape. The three new classrooms ...
23/09/2026

The roof is up! 🎉🏫 We’re so excited to see the new school building at Volobe Sud taking shape. The three new classrooms will provide much-needed space for the school’s 292 students, helping to reduce overcrowding. The project is also improving access to clean water and sanitation. 💧

Getting materials to this remote school has been a huge community effort. Around 15 km from the nearest roadside drop-off point, materials have been carried to the site on foot and transported across the river by traditional Malagasy canoes. 🚣

We’re one big step closer to seeing these classrooms completed and filled with students! 🎉

This work is gratefully supported by ATIDI through its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

Who do you turn to when you need health advice? 💬 Project Votsira is working to improve maternal, newborn and child heal...
22/09/2026

Who do you turn to when you need health advice? 💬

Project Votsira is working to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Fort Dauphin through community-based education. As part of the programme, 28 community health workers, known locally as Agents Communautaires (ACs), have completed four days of training.

But what do ACs do? 👀 They connect families with the health system, sharing health information and supporting access to care. Their training covered key topics, including breastfeeding 🤱, as well as skills to lead discussions with pregnant women, mothers, fathers and grandmothers.

They’re now ready to bring these sessions to 1,765 participants across Fort Dauphin. 👥

19/09/2026

📚 Stand with Madagascar’s teachers! 🇲🇬

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