Campaign to Combat Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Children Launched

The Ministry of Social Action, Childhood and Family, in cooperation with World Vision, launched, Monday in Nouakchott, the campaign to combat food insecurity and malnutrition 2024-2026.
The campaign, organized under the slogan “Every hungry child is an emergency, let’s not overlook it, let’s act now to save lives and build a better future”, aims to integrate children into food security and nutrition policies at all levels, and to increase child care by enhancing food security, resilience and the provision of basic services.
In a speech on the occasion, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Social Action, Childhood and Family, Mr. Ahmedou Adahi Ould Akhda, said that this campaign is part of a national effort involving all government sectors and international and civil organizations active in the fight against malnutrition, especially among children, as a way to overcome all obstacles that prevent the achievement of the desired goal of eradicating malnutrition in Mauritania.
In turn, the Director-General of World Vision, Mr. Alex Whitney, reiterated the organization’s interventions in various regions of the world through several campaigns, on the need to protect children and provide them with security, food and education, adding that today they are working to announce a new campaign called Enough, (Enough Malnutrition), Enough Hunger for the period 2024-2026.
He praised the efforts made by the Mauritanian government in combating malnutrition and food insecurity through the Rural Sector Development Strategy, which is currently a key document for the political orientation of the agriculture and livestock sectors.
As part of the campaign, children’s spokesperson Fatima Mohammed called for improved school feeding programmes and support for local farmers so they can produce enough food and ensure vulnerable families have access to basic food resources.