Annual Country Report 2019: Mauritania. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2022

Annual Country Report 2019: Mauritania. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2022

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

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63 p.

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In 2019, WFP continued to strengthen national capacities through the CSP to tackle the underlying causes of vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition, helping save lives, protect livelihoods, enhance access to education, and build the resilience of food-insecure and at-risk Mauritanian households. To address the root causes of Mauritania’s structural vulnerabilities, WFP continued to promote and implement a longer-term resilience approach, combining various protective and productive interventions. Through six mutually-reinforcing strategic outcomes, WFP was able to reach 92 percent of planned vulnerable and food insecure people, distributing more than half of the planned commodities and 86 percent of the planned cash-based transfers. WFP maintained its strong emergency response capacity, providing a lifeline to 97,000 shock-affected populations, through unconditional resource transfers and malnutrition prevention activities during the 2019 lean season. Malnutrition treatment was also provided to more than 16,000 malnourished children. WFP continued to assist 55,000 Malian refugees living in Mbera camp since 2012 with vulnerability-based food and nutrition assistance, while laying the foundation for a livelihood strategy. Asset creation and livelihood support was scaled up to reach around 41,000 people (40 percent more than the previous year) and helped to create sustainable assets for resilient livelihoods. To the same beneficiaries targeted, food assistance was provided through in-kind and cash-based transfers to cover their immediate food needs. This approach was part of an integrated resilience package. Through the school feeding programme, WFP was able to provide a morning porridge and hot lunch to more than 50,000 primary school-children, improving their access to adequate and nutritious food, while improving school enrolment rates and strengthening the capacity of national education institutions.

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