Member of the Caritas Internationalis confederation
VISION AND MANDAT
"A fairer world where men and women develop their potential and gain more dignity."
Caritas Mauritanie is an organization non gouvernementale de droit mauritanien fondée in 1972.
Son mandat est de suutenir les populations démunies et marginalisées. In the raison of the Mauritania social context, the majority of its interventions are menées in favor of local structures and vulnerable populations: détenus, migrants, women's cooperatives, groupements, Mauritanian associations, and compris des structures naissantes et informelles.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The activities of Caritas Mauritania have evolved over the years and according to the humanitarian context. The projects implemented target food security, community integration and access to income-generating activities. The training aspect is the basis of this integrated local (or neighborhood) development: community organization, literacy, initiation and vocational training, planning. Responses are provided to forms of exclusion that require more personalized responses: prisoners, young illiterate or school dropouts, migrants.
Caritas Mauritania favors local support, with decentralized animation teams in the areas of intervention. The stakeholders (beneficiary populations, local authorities) are associated in a participatory manner in the identification of needs, the reflection on the responses to be provided, the implementation and the evaluation.
Caritas trains local organizations to prepare for the sustainability of its actions.
In 2021, its action benefited 90,337 direct beneficiaries and 376,457 indirect beneficiaries.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Caritas Mauritania's projects reflect the five missions of the strategic plan, defined in 2017 for a period of 10 years: (i) Contribute to improving the inclusion and mobility of the most vulnerable groups through access to rights ; (ii) Strengthen the capacities of civil society in terms of participation in development and citizenship; (iii) Contribute to improving food security and resilience in rural areas through integrated development; (iv) Support local development in urban areas; and (v) Promote the professional integration and employment of young people.
INSTITUTION
Caritas Mauritania was incorporated on December 8, 1972 and authorized on the 30th of the same month by the Ministry of the Interior (note 02.137/M.INT). It is a humanitarian and development NGO, governed by the provisions relating to Mauritanian associations: law 64.098 of June 8, 1964 relating to associations, supplemented by those of laws n ° 73.007 of January 23, 1973, n ° 73157 of July 2, 1973, and n°2000-043 of July 26, 2000.
Caritas Mauritania signed a general protocol agreement for cooperation with the government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on April 12, 1980. This protocol was ratified by the President of the Mauritanian State on October 21, 1980, under Ordinance No. 80.277, published in the Official Journal.
Caritas Mauritania is a member of Caritas Internationalis, a network of 166 national member organisations. This membership is reflected in partnership links at different levels with member organisations: exchange relations, technical and financial support for projects, network facilitation, provision of volunteers or cooperators, participation in working groups. It respects the 2019 – 2023 strategic framework of the Confederation, “One human family, one common home”.
Caritas Mauritania has adhered to the Management Standards (NG) of Caritas Internationalis (CI). Thus, the application of NG is part of the procedures of Caritas Mauritania. NGs help us preserve the image of Caritas and strengthen the culture and accountability to all partners. CM members (staff, volunteers, CAs) are expected to abide by the Staff Codes of Ethics and Conduct and the CI Safeguard Policy. This obligation also applies to CM partners (technical and financial partners, service providers, etc.).
The values of Caritas Mauritania
· Dignity of the human person,
· The man actor of his own development,
· Proximity and attention to the problems of the poorest,
· Christians and Muslims committed together for the human promotion and the support of the family,
· Respect and justice for all.
The fundamental principles of Caritas Mauritania
· Participatory approach at all stages of the project,
· Concern for accompaniment and support,
· Structured and efficient work organization,
· Cultural diversity,
· Actions allowing human promotion and self-promotion of communities.
PHOTO: Caritas Mauritanie
FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS,
THE LINE OF ACTION OF CARITAS MAURITANIE WILL BE ORGANIZED
AROUND 5 MAJOR ORIENTATIONS
OS.1. Contribute to improving the inclusion and mobility of the most vulnerable groups through access to rights
Sub-objective 1: develop one's know-how and capacity for action in terms of social cohesion and inclusion
Sub-objective 2: develop expertise and capacities for action on gender and gender-based violence
Sub-objective 3: implement assistance and support actions for access to rights for the most vulnerable groups
OS.2. Strengthen the capacities of civil society for participation in development and citizenship
Sub-objective 1: strengthen the structuring of civil society organizations and their capacity for citizen participation in local governance
Sub-objective 2: support citizen initiatives
Sub-objective 3: support the emergence of collective dynamics and support the networking of civil society organizations.
OS.3. Contribute to improving food security and resilience in rural areas through integrated development
Sub-objective 1: develop its know-how and capacity for action in terms of adaptation to climate change, resilience and the value chain approach
Sub-objective 2: support the establishment and structuring of local job-creating sectors
Sub-objective 3: strengthen the capacities and means of action of producers and their organizations
Sub-objective 4: set up, experiment and promote innovative actions/projects in terms of adaptation to climate change, resilience and the supply chain approach.
OS.4. Supporting local development in urban areas
Sub-objective 1: support the emergence and implementation of local development plans
Sub-objective 2: strengthen and support synergies between local projects
Sub-objective 3: set up, experiment and promote innovative actions/projects in terms of local development
OS. 5. Promote the professional integration and employment of young people
Sub-objective 1: support the development of vocational training for young people adapted to employment
Sub-objective 2: strengthen initiatives to improve access for young people to the labor market
Sub-objective 3: promote initiatives and practices in terms of professional integration and youth employment
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SECTORS OF INTERVENTION
Training and Professional Integration;
Support for detainees and people in conflict with the law;
Support for migrants and migrant associations;
Local development;
Functional literacy;
Social and solidarity economy;
Mobilization of youth and power to act;
Support for civil society;
Food Security;
Ecological transition