Project presentation
Madagascar ranks 10th among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With an average temperature increase of 0.7°C since 1960, the country has experienced prolonged droughts, frequent cyclones, and erratic rainfall. Approximately 90% of the population depends directly on agriculture, exposing millions of people to food insecurity. Additionally, massive deforestation has worsened the effects of climate change, with a loss of forest cover exceeding 40% between 1950 and 2010. Women and girls will benefit from the project as recipients of the support provided by 10 civil society organizations.
GreenNKool was founded in 2016 by Marie Christina Kolo, a climate activist, ecofeminist, and social entrepreneur born in Madagascar. In 2021, she received the Martine-Anstett Prize for her commitment to human rights and was named in 2022 among the 100 most influential women in the world by the BBC. The association’s mission is to develop impact-driven entrepreneurship, particularly by training and supporting civil society organizations. The project is implemented in partnership with CURA, a higher education institution recognized for its technical training and its commitment to developing solutions to the country’s challenges.
The project takes place in Ambovombe, in the Androy region, one of the poorest in the country, where 91% of the population lives below the poverty line, and one of the most arid, with over 2 million inhabitants threatened by famine due to drought.
