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[email protected] Annually, staff of the LWF Department for World Service (DWS) country program in Mauritania plant thousands of small saplings to prevent the desert advancing toward the Layout capital, Nouakchott. Today, belts of lush green forests around the capital and many villages Stéphane Gallay bear witness to 30 years of DWS’ effective approach. Rahma Mint Ahmedou, coordinates an
[email protected] environmental protection and village reforestation project. © LWF/D.-M. Grötzsch Amadou N’diaye remembers the first assignment with his new employer in Circulation/Subscription 1974—transporting materials for the planting of trees to prevent the desert Janet Bond-Nash advancing toward Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott. Aged 25 years, with a young
[email protected] family, he had joined a newly established Christian organization in the Islamic The Lutheran World Information (LWI) is the Republic of Mauritania. information service of the Lutheran World He was more familiar with the work of the Mauritania Red Crescent Society, Federation (LWF). which he later learned, worked closely with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) to set up irrigation systems, distribute seedlings, and provide health Unless specifically noted, material presented services outside Nouakchott.