March 2023
Insights to Combat Food Insecurity Revealed at McGovern-Dole Learning Event
As USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition implementing partners gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual Comparative International Education Society conference in February, …
July 2022
Celebrating 20 Years of the McGovern-Dole Program
The year 2022 marks the 20 anniversary of the USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which has provided 5.5 billion school meals …
June 2022
School Feeding Program Gets Boost from Mauritania-Senegal Exchange Visit
In May 2022, a team of 17 people including officials from the government of Mauritania, local and regional leaders, and Counterpart staff traveled to the …
April 2022
School Feeding Program Earns High Marks in Mauritania
School feeding program earns high marks in Mauritania In the village of Sarandougou Djibéride, located roughly 50 miles from Aleg in the southwest of Mauritania, …
March 2022
Improving Health so Children can Learn—Deworming in Mauritania
In Mbahé, a village in the department of Mbagne located in the south of Mauritania, many children are affected by parasites. The parasites harm their …
2020 — 2025
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program in Mozambique
CHALLENGE Located in southeastern Africa, Mozambique is a low-income, food-deficit country with a largely rural population of 31 million. In 2015, the country reached its …
McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Mauritania
CHALLENGE While 75% of the population in Mauritania depends on subsistence agriculture and pastoralism, the country has been facing drought exacerbated by climate change which …
Mauritania Woman Becomes First Female Veterinarian in her Pastoral Community
Magham, Mauritania is a pastoral village with 300 residents and 2,500 cattle.
Infographic: Empowerment Through Investment
The most remote regions in Mauritania lacked access to financial services, essential for small scale agriculture production, storage, distribution and other income generating activities. Existing lending …
Breaking the cycle of poverty: Credit unions empower citizens in remote areas of Mauritania
Villagers in the southern areas of Mauritania live in the most remote part of the country that is vulnerable to even the smallest changes in food prices brought on by the onset of droughts.