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Starfish Expo - North Africa Breakout Session

Travis Anderson
16 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 475 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Norm Brinkley - Session Leader Subject Matter Experts on North African Region Yazi Karen Boyle Norm Brinkley Issues - Water Dams that were created long ago are causing problems with the natural flow of water. Less than 7% of the people in Niger drink clean water and less than 5% have electricity ...

Causes of Poverty - Nouakchott, Mauritania

Karen B
31 Posts
1 Vote 3 Replies 807 Views
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago, updated 2 years, 1 month ago
I'm currently working on some funding proposals, and in the process of reviewing some prior proposals, I came across a document my teammates and I put together a year ago which outlines some of the causes of poverty in Mauritania's capital. I thought it might be of interest ...

Has anyone worked with Spirulina?

Karen B
31 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 316 Views
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago, updated 2 years, 2 months ago
Here in Mauritania, there are several NGOs (we're one of them) who are considering pilot projects related to farming Spirulina, a fresh water algae, and then using it as a nutritional supplement in programs for rehabilitating malnourished children. Anyone out there on the Starfish net have experience growing or

Opportunities in Mauritania

Karen B
31 Posts
3 Votes 2 Replies 440 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 2 months ago
Here are some of the opportunities available for partnership and investment with our organization in Mauritania: Business training, Identifying income-generating activities, Community Health Training: (curriculum, resources, models, funding), Education support, Support for Talibe project (street boys), Agricultural development projects: (Neem, Jatropha, Mangoes) (We're very excited about potential with Neem ...