Health and food safety isn’t always just facts and figures. Here our medical advisor Dr. Alain Rambolamanana sings the handwashing song with parents and community leaders from Vohitsara.

Our 2026 season will feed over 3,000 children this lean season. Just $50 can support one child and ensure their success for the next year. An anonymous donor will match dollar for dollar for the months of November and December, doubling your impact. nourishmada.org/giving-donat...

Parents in our original partner village Amboropotsy enjoy a veggie tempura snack created during the cooking portion of our refresher training.

All our community managers are looking stylish in our new vests and hats to identify us as we do our work! We’re completing our final rounds of training sessions in Anjirobaka working with parents as they form their committees and learn new cooking techniques.

Each year we meet with every partner village for health and sanitation training, electing local program leaders and cooking demonstrations. The techniques we learned from Chef Roland this summer are being shared with over 1,000 parents so our meals are even tastier during the 2026 program season!

Community is the heart of what we do. Feeding children takes a village! Our team put together a video showcasing our approach with our partners in Ambongamaneno and Manakambahiny schools. We’re so excited to be back with our partners for the 2026 season!!

It’s almost time to plant in preparation for the 2026 season. Our team created a video that gives an overview of our gardening courses for village growers. This is just one example of the months of careful preparation we do so we can nourish our children!

School lunches during the hungry season is the flagship part of our program, but so much more goes into ensuring the children at our partner schools are properly nourished throughout the year. It’s truly a community effort.

We’re growing — literally! Our growers program has 153 local farmers who have committed to grow vegetables for our upcoming season!! We’ve finished our initial agricultural training sessions and seeds will be distributed in the coming weeks.

Healthy food requires clean water! September is the driest month and the time when we maintain the wells at our partner schools (when the water table is low, the maintenance crew can climb down to do repairs).

Our farmers are ready to begin planting in a few weeks. They will be doing their part to address the food insecurity that will arrive in their community in the coming months. Nourish Madagascar buys at least 10% of its produce from local growers.

As we prepare for the 2026 season, our team is working hard with our partners at the Ministry of Education to make sure our program meets the students needs. We present a short video about last week’s meetings and discussions. Enjoy!

Special thanks to our Regional Manager Mirina who created a map of our partner schools around Lake Alaotra! We’re partnering with 13 schools for the 2026 season!!

Our goal is 10%. That’s the amount of locally grown food we hope each community can grow for our 2026 program. Here, our staff works with local farmers during our gardening seminar in Anjirobaka. Thanks to all who attended!!

We love our partner schools!! A few of our committee presidents and managers are volunteering their time to create a world map mural at EPP Vohidiala, nourishing the mind as well as the belly.

Congratulations to all our community leaders for completing this year’s leadership training! And a special thank you to all who our leadership trainers who volunteered their time to share their expertise. We’re forever grateful!

Our Leadership Conference is in full swing with discussions about communication, health and hygiene, nutrition and how to best work with our village partners. A special thanks to Tojo Rahirinirainy and Dr Alain Rambolamanana for offering their expertise!

Yesterday we started our 2nd annual leadership conference! Our front line leaders are discussing last year’s challenges, learning new skills and preparing for 2026 and beyond.

We’re so lucky to have the Peace Corps Madagascar’s Chef Roland present a nutrition and cooking demonstration for our front line managers!

Happy Independence Day Madagascar! We’re proud to be a part of the procession and celebration for June 26th in Manakambahiny and our other partner villages.

As our season finishes next week, we’d like to give a special shout out to the leaders of the EPP Vohitsara program (pictured here in their school garden)! Their program was remarkably well run this year — a testament to their careful work and commitment. You made us proud!!

We were happy to receive representatives from the Ministry of Education in Alaotra-Mangoro Region (DREN) last week at all our partner schools. Aligning our work with the priorities of the DREN is essential to our mission and we appreciate the encouragement! www.facebook.com/615726702089...

Feeding 2000+ children daily requires careful attention to health and sanitary practices. Here, one of our parent volunteers prepares the water to be used during the day’s canteen.

2077 kids eating each day. Nourish Madagascar is working diligently to make this logistical miracle happen each day. A special shout out to our amazing staff who worked through the recent cyclone to get everyone fed!

The rolling start of *all* of our partner schools is starting! That’s 2,000+ children eating each day and 300+ volunteers getting up early to make it happen. Our Community and and Health Managers, Data Analysts, and Inspectors are making sure it all goes to plan. nourishmada.org/giving-donat...

Our school garden is starting in Andranomena with the students planting corn in the field prepared by their parents. We’re all looking forward to the harvest. May good rains follow!

Its our second week of the season and our first villages are in full swing providing 400+ nutritious meals each day to the students of Ampongamaneno, and Andranomena. Our parent volunteers are working tirelessly to ensure everything goes to plan!

Why we do what we do. Be a part of it! nourishmada.org/giving-donat...

Our programs are true partnerships with each community. We provide training and funding for the meals, parents volunteer, and each child brings a stick of firewood for cooking. Together we fed over 600 children today!

Our 2025 season is here and we’re on track to feed 2,000 children nearly 100,000 meals this lean season. We need your support! Just $40 can support one child through the lean season and ensure their success for the next year. nourishmada.org/giving-donat...

Our final training sessions with the parent committees of Andranomena and Ampongamaneno are complete and we’re ready to start our first 3 programs of 2025! So much hard work has gone into preparation and we’re excited to be feeding the children!!

Merry Christmas (Arahaba nahatratra ny Krismasy) from all of us at Nourish Madagascar!!

#zerohunger sometimes requires training to reach our goal. Community Manager Eliace teaches a nutrition and sanitation course to the parents of our partner preschool in Sahandranika. Our canteen program starts in February with everyone ready to serve healthy, nutritious food to the kids.

Sometimes the most unglamorous things make a huge impact! Our Community Manager Eliace inspects the newly constructed kabines (outhouses) for our partner school in Sahandranika!

We’ve created a Storymap to help visualize our partner villages we’ll be working with in 2025! arcg.is/190iW4

Madam Malala discusses nutrition techniques with the parents of Vohitsara — our final stop in our latest training tour of Lake Alaotra. We really appreciate everyone’s time and attention as we prepare for the upcoming canteen season in February!

This year’s training road show continues. Here the parents of Anjirobaka are working with our team on safe food handling and financial reporting training modules.

We’re halfway through our intensive training sessions for basic nutrition, safe food handling, and financial reporting. Our volunteer parent committee members have really engaged with our team — we’re so thankful for this partnership! Madame Malala demonstrates our safe food handling practices.

Nourishment doesn’t always mean food. Access to sanitation prevents illness and keeps youngsters healthy. Hand washing stations were delivered to our partner schools in Andranomena as part of our integrated program.

We also support local artisans in our partner communities. Dining mats for our program are locally produced providing extra income for mothers and families.

We partner with local schools to provide nutritious meals during seasonal hunger periods.

This holiday please consider supporting our mission: www.venmo.com/u/nourishmada

A special congratulations to our community managers Finaritra, Eliace, Charles, Malala, Maholy, and Berthe for the successful training sessions with our 10 partner schools (Ampongamaneno is pictured.) We’re ready for the 2025 program season!