Zahana

Madagascar roots
Source review: 2026-10-05

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Reported work and places

Food and nutrition; Livelihoods; Children and youth. Reported activity: Madagascar.

An April 24, 2026 project report records parents from two rural schools cultivating, harvesting and storing rice from a 30,000-square-metre plot for the school-food programme. The report establishes completed agricultural work; later meals are anticipated. A new maternal hospital was still unfinished in July and is excluded from delivered clinical care.

Evidence dated 2026-04-24. Organization-authored project report dated April 24, 2026, Our parents grow our student’s rice; describes this season’s harvesting and storage. Publication is the available activity-report date, not a precise harvest day.

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Who receives your money

Organization roots: Madagascar
Roots and operating base: Founded by Malagasy citizens in 1998 and based in Antananarivo; rural communities set priorities. Its Madagascar association and US GlobalGiving donation intermediary are distinct.
Reviewed legal entity: Zahana · Madagascar
Named recipient: GlobalGiving Foundation Inc. for Zahana project #3254 · United States
Giving route: Authorized US charitable intermediary with named project designation

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Country evidence and reporting periods

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Madagascar

Parents from two Zahana schools completed rice cultivation, harvesting, threshing and storage for the school-food programme.

Reporting period: Organization-authored project report dated April 24, 2026, Our parents grow our student’s rice; describes this season’s harvesting and storage. Publication is the available activity-report date, not a precise harvest day. · April 24, 2026 report, Our parents grow our student’s rice: 30,000-square-metre pilot plot and completed parent work

Evidence stage: Reported services delivered

Only completed rice-growing and storage work is matched. Meals are described as a future use, not counted as delivered. April/July 2026 new-hospital construction and planned annex are excluded from current clinical, housing or emergency delivery; historical clinic activity does not establish fresh medical services.

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What we checked, and what remains uncertain

Minimum public-source checks passed on 2026-10-05: named identity, official presence, recent reported activity and an authorized giving route with an identifiable recipient.

Minimum public-source checks only. Identity and delivery statements may be organization-reported. Live registry standing, bank ownership, payment settlement, use of an individual gift and field outcomes were not independently audited. No payment made. Evidence describes its stated reporting period, not guaranteed delivery today. Only completed rice-growing and storage work is matched. Meals are described as a future use, not counted as delivered. April/July 2026 new-hospital construction and planned annex are excluded from current clinical, housing or emergency delivery; historical clinic activity does not establish fresh medical services.

Own About Zahana identifies a Malagasy registered charity, Reg. Nr. 454/98 FAR/ANT/AT/ASS, May 19, 1998. Older staffing and zero-overhead statements on that page are not relied on. Current GlobalGiving project and 2026 organization-authored reports corroborate continuing presence.

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