Annual Country Report 2020: Mauritania. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2022

Annual Country Report 2020: Mauritania. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2022

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2020.

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74 p.

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Despite the challenging context of the health crisis in 2020, WFP worked towards achieving SDG2, and continued to assist, in safe and uninterrupted conditions, 60,000 Malian refugees living in Mbera camp with an integrated package of food, nutrition and school feeding activities, despite funding constraints leading to cuts in rations. In parallel, WFP continued to reinforce linkages between the different components of its integrated resilience building package benefiting more than 132,000 people. Ahead of the lean season, as part of the Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) programme, 25,874 people participated in livelihood and asset creation activities, including agricultural land rehabilitation, dune fixation, reforestation, set up of vegetable garden and water pond creation and rehabilitation. WFP also invested in the construction of dikes and the production of compost to increase the agricultural potential of communities. To maximize the effects of its interventions, WFP carried out a strategic geographic refocusing of school canteens in resilience sites. A total of 48,561 pupils received hot and nutritious meals, a source of motivation and attraction for children at school. WFP also contributed to the national malnutrition treatment programme for children and pregnant and lactating women, implemented in 770 nutrition treatment units across the country and benefiting approximately 35,000 beneficiaries. WFP was able to maintain its strong emergency response capacity by scaling up much-needed assistance to 172,137 food insecure Mauritanians (50 percent of women and 50 percent of men) affected by recurring droughts, including 15,337 malnourished children and women, as well as 36,000 people directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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