Flash Appeal: Grand Sud and Grand Sud-Est

• The populations of the Grand Sud-Est and Grand Sud of Madagascar are facing urgent needs caused by multiple climatic hazards.
• Around 2.29 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in Madagascar in 2023 and until the first half of 2024, after devastating cyclones hit the Grand Sud-Est in 2022 and 2023, and severe drought affected the Grand Sud from 2020 to 2022.
• The responses provided through funding received have improved and/or stabilised the food security situation in both the Grand Sud-Est and Grand Sud.
• However, communities affected by consecutive tropical cyclones between 2022 and 2023 are still facing urgent humanitarian needs, almost a year and a half later. At the same time, in order to avoid a deterioration before the imminent El Niño, anticipatory actions will be scaled up as of now.

This Flash Appeal requires US$162.2 million, including $38.5 million for anticipatory actions so that humanitarian partners can reach around 1.6 million people in 2023/2024, in addition to the Government's response.