<div><strong>Aid agencies (France 24 coverage - June 2025, and UN famine alerts) warn that parts of southern Madagascar are facing near-famine conditions.</strong> My name is Emma, and I live and work in one of the most vulnerable regions of southwest Madagascar. It’s a place of breathtaking beauty—but also unimaginable poverty. Each time the hunger season returns, I watch more mothers come to me in tears, unsure how they’ll feed their children even one meal that day.
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<div>This isn’t about statistics. It’s personal.
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<div>I know these women. I’ve sat with them in their homes, held their babies, and listened to their stories of survival. They aren’t asking for much—just a bag of rice, a handful of beans, a chance to make it through the month without watching their children go to bed hungry again.
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<div>We’ve done this before. With your generosity, we’ve been able to feed hundreds of families during the hardest times. And now—it’s coming round again. The food is running out, prices are soaring, and we’re once again staring into the eyes of a preventable crisis.
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<div>This time, we intend to feed 800 women and their children.
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<div>No bureaucracy. No middlemen. Every dollar goes directly to food.
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<div>If you’re reading this, please know: your donation won’t disappear into a system. It will put real food on real plates for real people—this week.
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Southwest Madagascar-Food security for rural women

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