Emergency Plan of Action (Epoa) Mauritania: Food Insecurity
Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Mauritania: Food Insecurity Emergency Appeal n° MDRMR007 Glide n°OT-2011-000205-NER Emergency Appeal date of launch: 12 May 2015 Expected timeframe: 9 months, Expected end date: February 2016 Appeal budget: CHF 998,467 - CHF 100,000 DREF allocated Total number of people affected: 260,000 people in crisis Number of people to be assisted: (phase 3). Projected situation for June is: 851,000 people Immediate intervention: 8,400 beneficiaries (1,400 under pressure (phase 2), 443,000 people in crisis (phase households1) and 2,000 children and pregnant and 3) and 21,000 in emergency (phase 4). lactating women Middle term: 27,000 people in Brakna and Hodh El Gharbi Regions Host National Society(ies) presence (n° of volunteers, staff, branches: 3 branches in Brakna Region (500 volunteers) and 2 branches in Hodh El Gharbi Region (200 volunteers) Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners actively involved in the operation: French Red Cross, ICRC (capacity building) Other partner organizations actively involved in the operation: WFP, ACF, OXFAM Intermon, FAO, UNICEF, UNOCHA A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster This Food Security crisis is a regional crisis affecting the Sahel area2; consequently this appeal is part of wider response in the Region and is included in the IFRC Sahel Food Insecurity Regional Operational Strategic Plan. Africa DMU and IFRC Sahel Regional Office has identified 6 strategic areas that would be best appropriate to help expedite the response actions by National Societies and enable the regional office to provide appropriate and timely action. These comprise the following: information gathering and data analysis; communication and advocacy; coordination of project design DREF/Appeals; resource mobilization and enhancing partnerships; timely monitoring and evaluation and accountability and quality assurance.
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