Madagascar

Over the last few years, we have consolidated our programming in Madagascar around strategic partnerships aimed at supporting civil society organizations (activist networks, monitoring bodies, etc.) and communities that are organizing themselves around issues related to natural resources and their environment with the help of trained local facilitators.

Through our approach, we support various actors in taking charge of their own development through a process of empowerment which is facilitated by close accompaniment and capacity-building based on their hopes and needs.

Although initiatives supported by Development and Peace – Caritas Canada cover almost the entire country, our program is focused particularly on the island’s central region, from west (Maintirano) to east (Toamasina) and covering the regions of Bongolava, Analamanga, Atsinanana and Alaotra-Mangoro. This area includes communities that are extremely vulnerable and isolated and tend to be forgotten in aid responses.

The autonomy of the community is at the heart of our programming, which is built around two major complementary areas:

1. Enhancing local governance so that communities can have greater control over the natural resources in their environment and benefit from greater economic, food, land and climate security.
2. Strengthening citizen participation in all formal and informal decision-making spaces involving governance of natural resources, the environment and public life.

The issues we work on to build justice:

Democracy
and citizen participation

Natural Resources

Food

Ecological Justice