Vaccines are to be considered as common property of humanity and must be made available for all with equity, justice and as a human right.

Address: Ilot D n°36, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Postal Address: BP 515,Nouakchott, Mauritania
Telephone: +222 452 515 41 / +222 4525 6560
Fax: +222 452 551 78
Email: directeur@caritas.mr / secretaire@caritas.mr
Facebook: Caritas Mauritanie
www.caritas.mr
Caritas Mauritania is a non-governmental organisation under Mauritanian law, founded in 1972. It is managed by a Board of Directors, of which the bishop of Nouakchott, the only diocese in the country, is an ex-officio member.
Caritas Mauritania implements ¨landmark projects¨ for and with the destitute and marginalized populations. Because of the social context, the majority of the interventions are performed in favour of local structures: women cooperatives, groups, Mauritanian associations, including emergent and informal structures.
Caritas Mauritania favours proximity support, with decentralized animation teams in the intervention zones. The stakeholders (beneficiaries, local authorities) are involved in a participatory approach in needs assessment, reflection about appropriate responses to be made, implementation and evaluation.
The activities of Caritas Mauritania have evolved over the years in terms of the humanitarian situation. The projects are targeting food security, integration of communities and access to income-generating activities. The training aspect is at the core of this integrated local (or neighbourhood) development: community organization, literacy, initiation and vocational training, planning. Responses are given to forms of exclusion requiring more personalized approaches: detainees, illiterate or out of school youth, and migrants.
In 2015 Caritas action reached 68 251 direct beneficiaries and 236 173 indirect beneficiaries.
Finally, Caritas trains local organizations to prepare the sustainability of its actions.
In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Caritas is a place where to live intercultural dialogue in deeds, while pursuing our vision which is: « a more Just world where people develop their potential and have access to more dignity ».
Some of its Caritas partners are: Caritas Belgium, Caritas Spain, Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Italiana, CAFOD (England and Wales), Catholic Relief Services, Caritas Senegal, Secours Catholique (France) and Development and Peace (Canada). There are other alliances with the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Catholic Committee Against Hunger and for Development, Council of Gran Canaria, Entwicklungshifeklub, John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel, French Development Cooperation, Spanish Development Cooperation, PAFPA (Project to develop Training through Apprenticeship), PESCC (UE Programme for Civil Society and Culture), Raoul Follereau Foundation, Manos Unidas, Memisa Belgium, as well as other alliances with embassies and national and international institutions, among others.
Updates from Mauritania

Caritas Internationalis Secretary General, Aloysius John, urges the international community to put the respect for human rights and human dignity at the heart of the recovery from the pandemic.

After the 4th August explosions in Beirut’s port area, Caritas Lebanon’s help was crucial to support the population in a country wracked by devastating economic and political crises and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Holy Father reminds us that Lent is the season of hope. It is this hope that we nurture together that helps us believe that “history does not end with our mistakes, our violence and injustice, or the sin that crucifies Love. It means receiving from Jesus’ open heart the Father’s forgiveness”.

Caritas confederation urges decision makers and the United Nations to call for a Security Council meeting to address access to vaccines as a global security problem and to undertake debt remission of the poorest countries

As many as 3,000 migrants are struggling to survive in appalling and freezing conditions in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina and are in desperate need of adequate shelter, warm clothes, nutritious food and medical assistance.

When the world seems at its darkest, we Christians look to faith, hope and charity to light up the road ahead of us. We can only see these lights if we keep our eyes wide open and, amidst the horrors, we learn to see the signs of God’s love being sown around the world every ...

Caritas Internationalis' Christmas campaign is focused on COVID-19. The confederation invites its benefactors to give a safe and Christmas to all the people around the world who are suffering because of the pandemic and its dramatic consequences in terms of increased poverty and food insecurity.

Caritas is looking for a program officer to contribute to the institutional development and capacity strengthening of Member Organisations (MOs)