Madagascar is the most cyclone-prone country in Africa.1, 5 cyclones per year hit the country directly, and one powerful cyclone can directly affect 750,000 people.
The effects of the cyclones, which are increasingly changing their trajectory and intensity, are disrupting the lives of the Malagasy people and pushing Malagasy families and their children further into a vicious circle of food insecurity and extreme poverty.
At the beginning of 2022, Madagascar was again hit by five tropical cyclones that caused considerable damage, killing 206 people and affecting more than 460,000
In the South of Madagascar, Approximately 2.1 million people in the Grand Sud and Grand Sud-Est will likely experience Crisis—IPC 3—levels of acute food insecurity according to an IPC analysis. Three years of consecutive drought—the worst drought in the country in more than 40 years—continue to generate widespread food assistance needs in the South, while the long-term impacts of six storms and tropical cyclones that hit Madagascar between January and April 2022 continue to adversely affect food security.
The crisis is hitting children hardest, who are not getting the necessary nutrients to develop properly.
Ny Tanintsika with partners work to reduce the impact of disaster and risks in our intervention areas which are the most affected each year by cyclones, torrential rains, floods and erosions, drought and famine.
