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Monday, October 7, 2024

Towards Total Inclusion: A look back at the Inclusion Project for People with a Disability

An innovative project was launched this year by World Vision Mauritania in partnership with the National Federation of People Living with a Disability, in the Mbagne and Aghorat districts. This initiative raises awareness and aims to change the way we think about inclusion.

Reading Clubs Improve Literacy Levels in Rural Mauritania

“Before the reading club my French and English were not good at all.” Sadly this was the reality of so many children in the Bababe-M’bagne region of...

Mariem(in the left), sitting next to the Aminata, mother of baby Ibrahim, 2 months old , whom she helped giving birth, and Mama Aisha a retired cook who became volunteer with her at the Deba Hijaj Health center : Coumba Betty Diallo, © World Vision 2016.

AIM HEALTH PROJECT: Empowering midwives to improve childbirth in rural Mauritania

Mariem is a woman of a kind. Although she may not seem like a fairy godmother as she wakes up every morning at 6:00 am, walks 2 km to the Deba Hijaj Health...

Imam Mohamed Ould Salim and mother Aminetou Mint M’Boyrick

AIM HEALTH PROJECT: Transforming mindsets and promoting family planning and child well being with faith leaders

We travelled to M'Beidia (USB), a remote village in the department of M'Bagne, wilaya of the Brakna, where the project has been implemented since its...

Project FED PESCC: World Vision, in partnership with the EU, supports civil society for local development

World Vision in partnership with the European Union organized a ceremony of distribution of contracts to 14 OCB partners of World Vision and its local...

projet Eau pour Tous Nouakchott

World Vision Mauritania celebrates World Water Day and inaugurated the project "Water for Everyone in Nouakchott"

World Vision Mauritania celebrates the World Water Day and inaugurated the project "Water for Everyone in Nouakchott» On the occasion of the World Day for...

Clean Water for All in Nouakchott

75% of families in Nouakchott receive their water supply from donkey-driven water carriers who collect it from municipality water points. The largest part...

Social Mobilisation in Nouakchott to Celebrate International Hand-Washing Day

To celebrate International Hand Washing Day on October 15 th 2015, World Vision Mauritania organized an awareness day in Nouakchott, in partnership with...

Global Week of Action from Mauritania : ZERO preventable neo-natal and maternal deaths !

In May, World Vision carried out a country-wide social mobilization and sensitization campaign aimed at getting to zero neo-natal and maternal deaths in...

Dirk Booy and Esther Lehmann-Sow: "Many things have been achieved, but let us not be satisfied just yet!"

From 23 to 26 March, the Global Director of Field Operations, Dirk Booy, accompanied by Esther Lehmann-Sow, Regional Leader for the organization in western...

CHN Launch: "Children first!" Cry Out Members of Parliament!

25 members of Parliament, the United Nations system, international NGOs and local partners attended this event which was organized by World Vision...

Sights of Mauritania

Recently Dirk Booy, Partnership Leader, Field Operations and Esther Lehmann-Sow, Regional Leader West Africa visited Mauritania. During their trips to the...

Saving groups / CDC «Taqhamoun» : Comment la résilience des mères, accroît l’éducation des enfants

Le saving group du centre de développement communautaire (CDC) de Taqhamoun (Union en arabe – ndlr) a été monté en mai 2014, avec un fonds de base de 555...

Sight from West Africa

Photos from around the West Africa region.

Regional Leader's Trip to Sierra Leone: Reflections on Ebola

I’m just returning from a visit in Sierra Leone, visiting our team there working on the Ebola response. I salute their courage, engagement, commitment and...

World Vision Mauritania Education Program Rescues Mohamed from Dropping Out

Mohamed, 19 years old, was on the verge of dropping out of school when ZEINABOU MINT AHMED'S center of community development (CCD), "Ouad El Nour" (the...

Mobilization and Involvement of Health Personnel to Accelerate Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

World Vision is one of the largest international Faith-based, non-governmental, relief and development NGO, with a focus on child wellbeing and a presence...

No longer relying on food assistance

World Vision Mauritania wishes to acknowledge the financial support of the American people provided for the implementation of the Kankossa Emergency...

Programme d'aide d'urgence de Kankossa (KEAP): Témoignages des bénéficiaires

Programme d'aide d'urgence de Kankossa (KEAP) Accroît la résilience des familles vulnérables: KEAP répondu aux besoins urgents des communautés les plus...

Sebkha: The Source of Salt

Sebkha is a suburb and urban commune of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. It has a population of 63,000. The name of Sebkha is used in Hassaniya, the...

Dioulde Diery: Where Women Take the Lead!

Located on the road between Boghé and Kaedi, Dioulde Diery attracts the attention of its visitors by the sense of organisation one feels all around the...

Schools of Nouakchott Suffer after the Official Opening due to Flooding

After the official opening of the school year 2013-1014 in Mauritania, many schools are still hardly accessible because of the floods in the most affected...

Binta’s Future is Getting Brighter

“ This project has really transformed my life, and I have not imagined that I could design shoes, clothes, necklaces, and other amazing staff like these,”...

Living on food aid

Mbouche and her children benefitted from the last two voucher distributions in the area of Kankossa, where World Vision Mauritania and USAID launched a...

All the men have left

The women stand together, shredding old cartons and putting them in a rubber bucket. With no grass left, these shredded paper boxes will be fed to the few...