Mauritania Country Program
Project / Program Summary

Sector(s):	Rural Development + Development of human resources
Title:	MAURITANIA COUNTRY PROGRAMME
Donor country / organization:	World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organizations involved:	World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, French Department of Cooperation
Beneficiary countries / regions:	8 agropastoral regions of Mauritania
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Government CSA Food security Commission
Duration:	5 years
Starting Date:	1 July 1998
Project / Program budget:	USD 22 million - 30,000 MTN of food commodities
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant/Food Aid

Objectives
The programme is firmly anchored in the Mauritania Government's policy to fight poverty. The objectives are a) to improve the living conditions of rural populations through grass-roots development which is based on the control of water-supplies and agricultural development, and centered around food security and alleviating the country's vulnerability to climatic variations, the high level of women's participation in self-help activities, protection of environment and training in skills; b) to promote children's education in zones lacking resources by stressing the importance of school enrolment for girls; and c) to promote nutrition education for mothers in zones which lack resources, and reduce the malnutrition rate among children living in remote areas.

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