Updates | Mauritania

“Blue flowers” in the desert

LWF Regional Program Coordinator Pablo Lo Moro shares impressions from the Country Program in Mauritania

“Blue flowers” in the desert

12 April 2018

LWF Regional Program Coordinator Pablo Lo Moro shares impressions from the Country Program in Mauritania The moment the plane of UN Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) landed in Bassikounou — a once sleepy Mauritanian outpost deep into the Sahara — the ...

Youth are making a difference as climate advocates

11 November 2016

Caroline Ditebogo Lebea is a member of the LWF delegation at the UN climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco. She shares some of the lessons youth are learning and the experiences they bring.

LWF Youth Delegates Mobilize at COP22 Marrakech

11 November 2016

7 - 18 November, Marrakech, Morocco will be the scene of a concerted global effort to mobilize action on climate change. For the LWF, climate change is a question of justice, peace, the care for creation, and human rights. It is also a question of justice ...

Connecting the local to the global at climate conference

10 November 2016

LWF Ethiopia brings perspectives from communities devastated by climate change (LWI) – Delegates from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other non-governmental organizations taking part in the United Nations (UN) climate conference in Morocco, shared ...

Advocates urge transition to low-carbon economy, clean energy

9 November 2016

Delegations from the ACT Alliance, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and World Council of Churches (WCC) at the United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 7-18 November, are jointly demanding a more rapid transition to a low-carbon economy ...

Women engineers brighten the village

7 March 2016

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania/ GENEVA, 7. March 2016 (LWI) – It is rather unusual to see women in Mauritania handle large technical equipment, but Bowba mint Brahim and Aichetou mint Khayling connect the large batteries and the solar panels with practiced ease. ...

Preparing for leadership

4 February 2016

MBERRA, Mauritania/ GENEVA, 4 February 2016 (LWI) – “It’s difficult to say how we pass our time in the camp. You wake up and you wonder what to do all day,” Ag Mohamed, 19, says. “There is nothing for us to do here.”

Mauritania: stability and income after fleeing war

29 October 2015

“I want the best life for my children” "We were just looking for peace,” says Bolozi Nzenze Budiaki, as if apologizing for the fact that she is now sitting in a tent and relyies on development aid in a country which is not her home.

World Food Day - Farming in the desert of Mauritania

15 October 2015

LWF project helps Malian refugees increase food supplies (LWI) – At the age of 42, Ali agd Forach has learned to farm the desert. From neighboring Mali, Forach is one of 52,000 refugees who fled conflict in his home country and has been living in Mberra ...

A girl is "not an item to be sold"

12 October 2015

Sponsorship gives girls confidence to make own decisions

LWF to Take Over Camp Management of Mbera, Mauritania

17 December 2014

“Sign of Continued Confidence and Appreciation”(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country program in Mauritania will be responsible for camp management of the Mbera refugee camp in 2015. “This is a sign of continued confidence and appreciation ...