Mauritania, Bassikounou, Mbera camp, February 2015
WFP supports food and nutrition security for Malian refugees in the Mbera camp in Mauritania. WFP has reached over 62,000 refugees in 2014 with monthly food distributions, nutrition interventions in prevention and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in children, pregnant and nursing women and emergency school feeding operations. Refugees receive a monthly food ration composed of cereals, pulses, oil and salt. Nutrition assistance was provided to 7,380 children aged 6-59 months and 1,880 pregnant and nursing women. More than 4,500 children receive a daily meal at school.
The overall assistance has improved the food security of the refugees. The post distribution monitoring survey conducted in Mbera in October 2014 showed that 90 percent of Malian refugees in Mbera camp have an acceptable food consumption standard against 77 percent in October 2013. With the overall volatile security situation, UNHCR does not anticipate any major repatriations in the coming months.
Photo: WFP/Agron Dragaj