Mauritania: UN Agencies Warn of Funding Gaps As 450,000 Mauritanians Struggle to Put Food On Table

14 March 2016

Two United Nations agencies today reiterated calls for more financial contributions to fund their work in Mauritania, where more than 450,000 people struggle to put food on their table.

Funding shortfalls are already threatening the ability of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide essential assistance to many of the most vulnerable families. The agency suspended school-meal distributions in December, leaving over 150,000 school children from vulnerable families without the certainty of a daily meal.

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