This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of CHF 998,467 to enable the IFRC to support the Mauritania Red Crescent Society (MRC) to deliver assistance and support to a total of 37,400 people consisting of immediate or short-term assistance to some 10,400 beneficiaries including 8,400 people (1,400 households) plus 2,000 children and pregnant/lactating women) and medium term support to some 27,000 people (4,500 households) over a total timeframe of 9 months with a focus on food security, nutrition promotion, building resilience, and National Society capacity building and Disaster Risk Reduction in Brakna and Hodh El Gharbi Regions.