What is the Hunger Season?

The hunger season occurs each year when the annual rice crop is planted. Most farmers lack the financial resources for the required inputs — making them rely on microcredit. This means there’s no money for food while the crop is growing.

What are your overhead costs?

Our overhead costs are minimal — approximately 10% of our annual budget. These costs are for staff expenses in Madagascar and cover costs for transportation and training materials.

United States staff always travels at their own expense and is all volunteer.

Which Sustainable Development Goals do you align with?

We primarily focus on Goal 2: Zero Hunger and Goal 4: Quality Education with our programs.

Have you been third-party certified?

We have been reviewed by Charity Navigator, and we have a gold rating on GuideStar.

How are your village partners managed?

A Community Manager is selected for each cluster of schools. After a training period, the Community Manager works for Nourish Madagascar and is responsible for managing all the school programs in his/her area.

Each school program is run by a volunteer committee elected by the parents of our partner school.

We also have other staff and analysts who review the quality and accuracy of each program.

What is the process for selecting new partner villages?

We leverage our partnerships with the Malagasy Ministry of Education and the Office of Nutrition in Madagascar to gain insight as to where our programs are most needed.

When a village is selected, we conduct basic program training and then run a pilot program for 100 children the first year. If it is successful, we expand to cover the entire school the following year.

Do you have annual reports available?

Yes, please click here for our latest report.

Who are the people in the photographs on this site?

Everyone pictured on this site is a participant, works as a partner with Nourish Madagascar, or works for us directly. We love them all dearly.