Together, we can

Saving and Improving

Women’s Lives in Southern Madagascar

A grassroots women, led initiative providing protection, education,
and opportunity where it’s needed most.

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Our Impact

"Real change for women and girls begins with safety, dignity, and opportunity."
Our Impact Mamy Duata, director of the local NGO TERATANY, leads Madagascar’s first shelter for women and girls affected by rape, violence, and child marriage. In a context where support systems are nearly nonexistent, the shelter is becoming a rare lifeline. Women from across the region, even from the most remote villages, are learning about the shelter and seeking safety, care, and hope. Despite extremely limited resources, TERATANY is preparing its next steps: • A Women’s Employment Center to provide single mothers with practical job skills and economic independence • A Technology Campus for high school graduates in southern Madagascar, designed to create long-term opportunity and break cycles of poverty and vulnerability With targeted support, these initiatives can build sustainable pathways for safety, dignity, and self-reliance among Madagascar’s most underserved communities.
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What we do

TERATANY (meaning native) is a Malagasy women-led organization working to protect, support, and empower women and girls in southern Madagascar. Rooted in the local community, TERATANY is driven by women who have experienced the challenges firsthand and are now leading transformative initiatives to create safety, dignity, and opportunity for others.

We established the first women's shelter in Madagascar.

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The illustration represents the youngest girl in the shelter, under the age of 11, who was raped.  out of respect for her privacy, we do not reveal her identity.

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We
Protect

 We run Madagascar’s first women’s sheltera haven for survivors of rape, child marriage, and domestic abuse.
 

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We Support

We provide psychosocial care, legal help, and emergency services to women and girls, even in the most remote villages.

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We Empower

We train women to start small businesses, become independent, and create safer futures for themselves and their children.

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We Envision

We are launching an Employment and Tech Campus, empowering high school graduates to lead through innovation.

Our numbers tell a story.

 

These are not just statistics! they are stories of survival, courage, and impact.
Every number reflects a woman or a child whose life has changed thanks to the shelter.

Meals served monthly at the shelter
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Women and children have been supported so far
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The age of the youngest rape survivor at our shelte
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One woman walked to the shelter.
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Our Partners