press release / October 3, 2023
New report finds girls trapped in child marriage face alarming violence
A report released by the international aid agency, World Vision, reveals that the effects of child marriage on girls' hopes for education, and mental and physical well-being are more dire than previously understood.
article / March 30, 2015
Sights of Mauritania
Recently Dirk Booy, Partnership Leader, Field Operations and Esther Lehmann-Sow, Regional Leader West Africa visited Mauritania.
publication / May 30, 2013
World Vision Mauritania Annual Report 2012
Executive SummaryThe World Vision Mauritania’s contribution to the improvement of the child well-being in 2012 is summarized in the following key findings:
video / November 10, 2018
From Mud to Water in Mauritania with P&G
World Vision Mauritania and P & G for the first time bring clean water where there has never been in Mauritania. Discover in video how the distribution of water purifying sachets contributes to the transformation of communities in remote areas.
article / October 3, 2023
Fatimatah, married at just 12
In Mauritania, approximately 37% of girls are married before the age of 18, and 18% are married before their fifteenth birthday, even though the minimum legal age of marriage is 18 years with no exceptions.
publication / August 3, 2023
Global Hunger Response Situation Update - July 2023
This is the eleventh situation report from World Vision's Global Hunger Response featuring an overview of our impact, contexts, and highlights through June 2023.
article / July 13, 2020
Empowering lives through community development centres in Mauritania
Community Development Centres were born out of the initial idea of facilitating the monitoring of children in 1999 and have over the years become a real place for development and integration within communities. They've also become a tool that reinforces social cohesion between families and contributes to the integrated development of young children.
publication / July 14, 2022
Impact of Food Insecurity on children in West Africa
Across West and Central Africa, hunger is worsening with each passing day. World Vision spoke to children in Burkina Faso, Niger, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Mauritania, and Mali.
publication / August 6, 2022
West Africa Impact Report 2021
Driving towards significant impact for the most vulnerable children requires honest reflection.
press release / December 19, 2019
Visit of the project to support agropastoralism actors for the strengthening of resilience in Assaba by the US Ambassador to Mauritania
The United States Ambassador to Mauritania, Michael Dodman, began a two-day visit to the Assaba region in the southeast of the country on December 13, 2019, where he visited the activities of the Agropastoralism Actors Support Project for Resilience Building in Assaba, led by World Vision Maurita