Mauritania

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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is home to over 250,000 refugees, the vast majority of whom live in and around M’bera refugee camp in the southeast of the country, having fled the ongoing conflict in Mali.  Mauritania faces significant challenges due its sparsely populated, arid landscape, which exacerbates food insecurity and malnutrition.  Malian refugees are particularly vulnerable and many are dependent on assistance from humanitarian actors and the government to meet their basic needs. 

JOINT HUB SUPPORT 

The Joint Hub had provided technical support to UNHCR and WFP in Mauritania since October 2020, resulting in a harmonized approach to targeting assistance and the successful inclusion of the most vulnerable refugees in the Government of Mauritania’s social protection programmes, with the support of the World Bank (WB). 

The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is home to over 250,000 refugees, the vast majority of whom live in and around M’bera refugee camp in the southeast of the country, having fled the ongoing conflict in Mali.  Mauritania faces significant challenges due its sparsely populated, arid landscape, which exacerbates food insecurity and malnutrition.  Malian refugees are particularly vulnerable and many are dependent on assistance from humanitarian actors and the government to meet their basic needs. 

JOINT HUB SUPPORT 

The Joint Hub had provided technical support to UNHCR and WFP in Mauritania since October 2020, resulting in a harmonized approach to targeting assistance and the successful inclusion of the most vulnerable refugees in the Government of Mauritania’s social protection programmes, with the support of the World Bank (WB). 

“If it wasn’t for the Hub, we wouldn’t have had the capacity to do what the Hub did. The fact that the Joint Hub is from outside - but also internal – really helped. We have RAM, but they were already really busy.”

Kinday Samba, (former) WFP Country Director, Mauritania

“Clearly the Hub was really brilliant technical assistance. Since 2020 we’ve had a lot of discussions about the PMT, the proxies to keep, how to streamline the process. And of course the Hub was there to document the whole process, which we might not have had time to do otherwise.”

Louis Falcy, (former) UNHCR Senior Development Officer in Mauritania.

  

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