Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in partnership with Caritas Mauritania Brakna Recovery Initiative (BRI) 3nd Quarterly Report Project Period: 14 June 2013 – 13 June 2014 Reporting Period: January 1 – March 31, 2014 (FY14, Q2) Submitted: April 25, 2014 (via https://abacusxp.ofda.gov) Funded by USAID/OFDA Agreement No. AID-OFDA-G-13-00074 Contact: Nicole Poirier Contact: Hilary O’Connor Country Representative Public Donor Liaison Catholic Relief Services CRS Baltimore 72, Bd de la République, Dakar 228 W Lexington St Sénégal Baltimore, MD 21201 Tel: +221 33 889-15-75 Tel : (410) 927-7613 Fax: +221 33 823 -58-24 Fax : (410) 234-2995 Email:
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[email protected] CRS Senegal AID-OFDA-G-13-00074 (Brakna Recovery Initiative) 1 I. Introduction 1.1 Project Summary In partnership with Caritas Mauritania and the Government of Mauritania technical authorities, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and USAID/OFDA are providing assistance to 2,600 extremely vulnerable and vulnerable households in Mauritania. The 12-month Brakna Recovery Initiative (BRI) targets the Bababe and Mbagne departments in the Brakna region of Mauritania, an area still suffering from the effects of the 2011/2012 Sahel food crisis. BRI is restoring community assets through Cash for Work (CFW) opportunities, Cash Transfers, small ruminants for those who lost or sold livestock, and technical trainings on improving soil fertility in agro- pastoral zones. 1.2 January-March 2014 Project Highlights During the 3nd quarter of the project, January-March 2014, CRS and Caritas Mauritania completed the following activities in each of the 33 targeted villages: 1st Cash for Work - $24,000 for 800 beneficiaries (January 2014) Set up demonstration sites for permaculture and key hole gardens (February 2014) Mid-term Review (February 2014) 3rd Cash transfer - $ 78,000 for 2600 beneficiaries (March 2014) Tree plantation (using the Irrigasc method) in selected villages (March 2014) Refresher trainings (February March 2014) II.