Highlights

• Mauritania is the single largest recipient of refugees fleeing the conflict in Mali. 74,108 refugees are living in the Mbéra camp.

• 60% of the refugees are children and many have been in the camp for over a year, resulting in overlapping emergency and medium term needs.

• A storm damaged school tents and child friendly spaces and as the rainy season commences, there is a higher risk of diseases including malaria and diarrhoeal disease.

Many of the 45,000 children in Mauritania's most populous refugee camp have been there for over a year now. They need stable education facilities.