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GivingTuesday 2026December 1, 2026

This GivingTuesday, your gift can keep the shelter from closing in January 2027.

Keep Madagascar’s First Women’s Shelter Open

Without urgent funding, Ny Trano Manga faces closure in January 2027. Help us keep protecting women and girls escaping violence in Southern Madagascar.

An appeal by IRC Africa Inc., a US nonprofit. The shelter has operated since January 2025 and is run locally by TERATANY.

The TERATANY team that runs Ny Trano Manga, standing together outside on a sunny day, 2026.
The TERATANY team that runs Ny Trano Manga every day.

Choose how you would like to give

  1. Give through GlobalGiving

    For GivingTuesday gifts to the shelter project.

    Give to Ny Trano Manga through our GivingTuesday 2026 project page on GlobalGiving, which sends your receipt.

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  2. Give through your workplace

    For employees who give through work.

    Open our Benevity cause, or search EIN 35-2854139 in your employer’s portal. Matching gifts depend on your employer’s policy.

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  3. Give directly

    Best for a one-time gift or monthly support.

    Give once with Stripe or PayPal, or choose monthly support below.

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Inside Ny Trano Manga

See the Shelter You Can Help Keep Open

Take a 49-second look inside Madagascar’s first women’s shelter.

Why now

A safe place that cannot afford to close

Since January 2025, Ny Trano Manga has given women, girls, and children affected by violence a safe place to stay in Ambovombe, in Southern Madagascar’s Androy Region.

The shelter provides protection, accommodation, food, psychosocial support, medical referrals, legal accompaniment, and child protection. Without additional funding, its continued operation is at serious risk in January 2027.

We are not building a new shelter. We are fighting to keep an existing shelter open.

  • 90+Women and girls supported since January 2025As of November 2026
  • 100+Children supportedIn 2025, many arriving with their mothers
  • 24/7Safe accommodation and protectionEvery day the shelter is open

Workplace giving

Your employer may be able to help too

  1. Open your employer’s giving portal (Benevity, YourCause, or another platform).
  2. Search by EIN first: 352854139. Searching “IRC” alone may show a different organization.
  3. Check whether your company matches employee gifts.
Organization
IRC Africa Inc
EIN
35-2854139

Not every employer offers matching gifts. Receipts are issued by the giving platform.

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Direct giving

One-time gift or monthly support

One-time gift One-time

A one-time gift helps us meet urgent needs now.

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Become a Monthly Supporter Monthly

A safe shelter needs support every day, not just on GivingTuesday.

Your monthly gift helps provide the stability needed to keep the doors open, the lights on, and women and girls protected throughout the year.

Choose your monthly gift

You can change or cancel anytime.

Who is behind this appeal

IRC Africa Inc.

IRC Africa Inc. is an American nonprofit working to save and improve the lives of women in Southern Madagascar. We partnered in establishing Ny Trano Manga, Madagascar’s first women’s shelter. Today it protects women and girls, and it faces closure in January 2027 without new funding.

Our founder has spent more than 200 days in Madagascar and has invested his own funds in establishing and running the shelter. The shelter is operated locally by TERATANY, an independent, women-led Malagasy NGO.

501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN 35-2854139
Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency 2026. Gifts may be tax-deductible as permitted by US law.

Can’t give today? You can still help keep the shelter open.

  • Share our founder’s appeal

    Help us reach people who care about protecting women and girls.

    View and share on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

  • Introduce a potential donor

    Know a person, foundation, or company that could help? A personal introduction can make a real difference.

    Introduce a potential donor

  • Become a workplace “ambassador”

    Introduce the shelter to colleagues or your company’s giving team. No sign-up needed, just let us know.

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GivingTuesday 2026December 1, 2026

This GivingTuesday, Help Keep the Doors Open in 2027

Ny Trano Manga is already providing safety and protection. With your support, these services can stay available to the women and girls who need them.

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