Building Resilience in Mauritania
Over 985,000 at-risk people, including 537,000 children, are targeted with an integrated resilience package, over four years (2019-2023).
Mauritania faces frequent climatic shocks and chronic vulnerabilities, compounded by a protracted refugee crisis, recurrent cycles of food insecurity and acute malnutrition. In this context, UNICEF implements an integrated humanitarian-development nexus approach, targeting over 985,000 at-risk people in the regions of Guidimakha, Assaba and Hodh Chargui.
Furthermore, UNICEF works closely with the World Food Programme (WFP) in 26 municipalities of convergence and 52 community sites within these three regions, to provide a comprehensive package of interventions to strengthen the resilience of systems, communities and individuals.
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UNICEF Mauritania
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Latest publications
Building Resilience in the Sahel
Like other Sahelian countries, Mauritania suffers from recurrent climatic shocks that affect the availability of natural resources and weaken the livelihoods of already vulnerable populations.
When Covid-19 drives up hunger in Mauritania
In this Sahelo-Saharan country located in West Africa, the combined impact of the coronavirus pandemic, drought and the persistence of poor feeding practices is exposing the most vulnerable children.
"I was forced to marry at the age of 12", Fatimetou's stolen childhood
How does one manage to study and run a household with three children while still a teenager?
In Mauritania, facing poverty and disease, children are on the front line
Report on the continuity of health services in times of coronavirus.
