World Vision Mauritania Annual Report 2012
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The World Vision Mauritania’s contribution to the improvement of the child well-being in 2012 is summarized in the following key findings:
Improved the number of children in preschool:
Three thousand nine hundred and fourteen (3914) children aged 3 to 6 years are enrolled in pre-school with 53% of girls in 134 kindergartens promoted and supported by World Vision Mauritania.
Quality of Education:
Six (out of 15) of our ADPs are located in areas reported a success rate of upper primary classes that was higher than the national average of 50.10%. They are also the areas with the highest rates nationally.
· In 2010, the number of children registered in sponsorship not attending school represented 24% of the total number of school-age children go to school, while in 2012 it was only 6 %
Improving health of Children:
Eight (8) ADPs are located in departments with a vaccination coverage rate (children fully immunized) higher than the national average.
Ten (10) ADPs have coverage in Penta 3 higher than the national average of 78.4%, and only one (1) ADP has reached the set target of 95% by 2015 (MDGs).
· In 2010, the number of children fully immunized in sponsorship accounted for 2% of the total number of children aged under 5 years, whereas in 2012 there was a 26% increase (STEP).
Fighting against malnutrition:
Ten (10) ADPs have high rates of global acute malnutrition, which are above the emergency threshold of 15% (according to WHO) with coordinated corrective actions for screening, management and referral of malnourished children.
· Only four ADPs located in the urban area of Nouakchott present rates of global acute malnutrition considered acceptable (6%).
Households Livelihoods & resilience improvement:
Direct Food/Cash Distribution for more than 70,000 People during the whole period of Response.
119 projects were finalized as voucher for work activities.
450 Panicum tergidum plants planted.
Completion of two thousand meters of dykes and bunds.
Purchase and distribution of gardening seeds in favor of the 14 women's cooperatives.
Deepening of 14 wells in favor of fourteen women's cooperatives.
Committees’ management Training for 32 cereal banks in common Ghabra. Barkeol and Rheidei.
