The contribution of savings groups to community resilience in Mauritania

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As part of the Building Resilience in the Sahel (BRS) Programme, UNICEF supports savings groups made up of vulnerable women who are beneficiaries of the national social protection programme Tekavoul and the World Food Programme's (WFP) Food Assistance for Assets (3A) interventions. The aim is to help these women optimize their savings, access credit solutions, and collectively engage in income-generating activities that strengthen their economic resilience. This case study seeks to contribute to the achievement of the first outcome of the BRS Programme, which aims to ensure that: “Girls and boys, women and men use sustainably accessible, equitable, and risk- and conflict-sensitive social services for their survival, development, protection, and transformation.”