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Friday, July 25, 2025

In Nouakchott, a Women's Cooperative Is Turning Grains into Opportunity

In Nouakchott, the Hodere Pinnal women’s cooperative transforms local grains into nutritious products, empowering 20 women through entrepreneurship, savings, and digital innovation with support from World Vision Mauritania.

Aïssata Diarra, president of the Hodere Pinnal cooperative in Nouakchott, displays her TikTok account while surrounded by processed cereal products.

In Nouakchott, a Women's Cooperative Is Turning Grains into Opportunity

In Nouakchott, the Hodere Pinnal women’s cooperative transforms local grains into nutritious products, empowering 20 women through entrepreneurship...

Children living with a disability

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...

Mollel Samba, Ateichane, Mauritania

Transformative impact of savings groups: Mollel's testimony

The life of Mollel, a mother of eight, has been profoundly transformed by the World Vision's Savings for Transformation (S4T) program in her village.

Aminetou, pupils at the catch-up session in Mauritania.

‘I want to be a teacher when I grow up' - World Vision Mauritania

Six months ago, Aminetou couldn't read. Today, she can write, read and calculate thanks to the catch-up classes organised by World Vision Mauritania.

Disability inclusion in Mauritania

Working together for disability inclusion in Mauritania

The inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in World Vision programmes is at the heart of Our Promise to reach the most vulnerable children, and...

One of the 300 children invited to the ceremony.

World Vision Mauritania : 40 years of impact (anniversary ceremony)

World Vision Mauritania organized a ceremony at Nouakchott, to present to a large public of more than 700 persons, the impact of 40 years of presence in...

Children from Mauritania

World Vision Mauritania: 40 Years of impact on Children's Lives

It has been 40 years of change and transformation. As an organization, World Vision is pleased to celebrate the gains it has made in its collaboration with...

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Strengthening Mauritanian civil society organisations for local development

In cooperation with World Vision and the NGO Tenmya, the European Union initiated in 2016 a project of capacity-building and restructuring of civil society...

Aissata Djibril Dieng, volontaire

Aissata and her life-long commitment to communities and children

Aissata Djibril Dieng was a volunteer at with World Vision in Mauritania from 1999 until 2015 in the Area Programme of El Mina in Nouakchott. She started...

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UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa makes an official visit to Assaba with World Vision

The one-year Project for Strengthening the Resilience of the Communities Most Vulnerable to Malnutrition and Food Insecurity is implemented in six...

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Equipping Mauritanian communities to create a healthy environment for children

In 2016, 37-year-old Koranic teacher Sidi Mohammed met with World Vision staff visiting his neighbourhood to implement sponsorship projects, raise...

World Hand-washing Day Celebrations in Mauritania

Celebrating Global Handwashing Day 2020 in Mauritania

The objective of year's Global Handwashing Day celebrations, organised by the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training and Reform in...

Safeguarding Awareness week 2020 : World Vision organises children's workshop in El Mina

To mark our annual Safeguarding Awareness Week held 12-16 October this year, World Vision organised a workshop on safeguarding and child protection for 28...

WV Mauritania FY21 DoP

Gallery: World Vision begins its 2021 fiscal year with staff day of prayer

We are happy to begin our new financial year (2021) with renewed commitment and dedication to achieve God's purpose for humanity as we transform the lives...

child writing on a textbook in reading camp

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...

Putting our faith in action to improve child well-being in Mali and Mauritania

Learn about the impact of World Vision's programming that partners with and educates religious leaders about the importance of child well-being and the...

30e anniversaire de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant

What was your greatest achievement when you turned 30? 🎂 Today marks 30 years since the #UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was agreed by world...

Loboudou saving group members

Lobodou, a well-organized, and resilient community

Located in the administrative region of Brakna, in the south of Mauritania and on the banks of the Senegal River, the village of Salayel Loboudou (whose...

Teacher Sidi Mohamed in Dar El Beidha

Celebrating Families in Dar El Beida

Dar El Beida is a peri-urban district of the municipality of El Mina in Nouakchott with a population of 7,000. Sidi Mohamed is a 37-year-old Koranic...

The end of a nightmare at Loboudou school

The end of a nightmare at Loboudou school

Loboudou primary school, located at 67 km from the city of Boghé in Mauritania, had water supply problems and very limited access to latrines because of...

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Fatima dignity restored

Loboudou, is a village located 67 km from the city of Boghé in Mauritania. In this village, World Vision carried out awareness-raising activities on water...

Exhibition of visual artist Amy Sow "A Girl, a Word" for the launch of the campaign against child marriage in Mauritania

On the International Day of the Girl and the launch of the World Vision national campaign, "Together, let's eliminate child marriage in Mauritania" on...

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...

World Vision assists refugees from Bassikounou camp in partnership with UNHCR

After heavy rains and floods in the region of Hodh Ech Chargui in mid September 2018. Residents and refugee populations of Bassikounou and Mbera camp have...