OUR WORK

Today: Basic Supplies

Goal: Every primary school student in our four target villages

has basic supplies.

2015-2017: 150 students.

Goal 2021: 800 students

Y&H in Mauritania delivers supplies twice during the school year.

*Every student receives two sets/year.

Students study >5 subjects, so they need more than 1 notebook and pen.

One set of supplies =

6 notebooks, 12 pens

We deliver by hand and communicate with school teachers to make sure students' basic supply

needs are met.

Population: 200 households

Geography: 5-6 km from regional capital Aleg and 250 km from national capital Nouakchott.

Refugee population: Earliest returned in 1997 and 1998; most returned between 2008 and 2010.

Gourel Primary School: 6 grades; 6 teachers appointed by the government (⅚ teachers commute from Aleg); ~200 students.

Secondary School: ~65 students travel to Aleg for high school.

These villages consist of former refugee populations returned from Senegal in 2011.