Petition · past parliament · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Provide urgent humanitarian aid to Southern Madagascar

Closed 67 signatures

What the petition asks

International bodies are urgently calling for international support as over a million Madagascans go hungry, with some surviving on insects and wild roots. Show leadership and work with humanitarian organisations and the international community to deliver food supplies and halt this catastrophe.
Climate change and COVID are exacerbating famine in Southern Madagascar, which is suffering its worst drought for 40 years. As child malnutrition rates have nearly doubled in just a few months, funding is urgently needed by humanitarian partners to avert a hunger catastrophe. Lives are at risk and children are suffering. In the worst affected areas, acute malnutrition has risen by 27%.

Timeline

3 Jun 2021 Petition opened for signatures
3 Dec 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 67
Status Closed
Department Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened 3 Jun 2021
Closed 3 Dec 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.