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Right now, people displaced by drought-induced famine across Madagascar need urgent humanitarian assistance, but the government is failing them. Sign the petition and demand that the government do more to help those facing hunger, homelessness and crisis. 

In 2021, Damisoa and his family fled their home in the famine-stricken Androy region of southern Madagascar. Droughts worsened by climate change meant there wasn’t enough food to survive.

After a challenging four-month, 1,500km journey they reached Boeny in the northwest, hoping for a better life. But conditions were still harsh. In 2023, they were allocated a tiny 5m² single room hut at a resettlement site.

Each rainy season the nearby Kamoro River swells, encircling the site with often crocodile-infested waters, making it dangerous for residents to leave. The site’s land is barren, and access to food, clean water and healthcare is extremely limited. 

In early 2025, Damisoa’s newborn niece, Sitella, died after her mother, weakened by hunger and thirst, could no longer breastfeed.

People displaced by famine and now living in Boeny, including Damisoa and his fellow residents, urgently need humanitarian assistance, but aid is extremely limited. As the government-appointed site manager, Damisoa has been speaking out about the degrading conditions which residents have to endure, but his pleas have gone unanswered.

Sign the petition and urge the government to act now to support Damisoa and others displaced by drought across Madagascar who are facing hunger, homelessness and poor healthcare. 

 

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  Our Petition
 
 

Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes  
Avaratra Antanimora, Route Mausolée  
Antananarivo 101  
Madagascar 

Dear Director General,  

In 2021, Damisoa and his family fled drought-stricken Androy due to drought-induced famines. In Boeny, the government resettled them at a site where farming is unviable and access to food, water and sanitation is regularly and severely hindered by fast-moving, crocodile-infested waters. 

People displaced by famine and now living in Boeny, including Damisoa and his fellow residents, urgently need humanitarian assistance. But aid is currently almost exclusively concentrated in drought-stricken southern Madagascar.  

I am calling on you to take urgent steps to guarantee the human rights of people displaced and now living in Boeny and across Madagascar and urge you to actively seek the support of humanitarian agencies and other relevant actors to do this. 

Yours sincerely,

[Your name]