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   Tagged: Mauritania

Starfish Expo - North Africa Breakout Session

Travis Anderson
16 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 233 Views
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 2 months, 2 weeks 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
28 Posts
1 Vote 3 Replies 375 Views
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 9 months 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
28 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 151 Views
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago, updated 9 months, 1 week 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
28 Posts
3 Votes 2 Replies 154 Views
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 10 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 ...