KEY FIGURES
1,843
Voluntary returns to Mali facilitated since January 2016
112
New arrivals from Mali in 2016
4,433
Malian refugees with specific needs (as of 1 August 2016)
11,449
Malian households in Mbera camp (as of 1 August 2016)
30L
of potable water available per person per day
FUNDING 2016
USD 19.4 M
Requested for the operation
PRIORITIES
Maintain protection and assistance for all Malian refugees in Mbera camp.
Strengthen support to refugees’ self-reliance.
Maintain peaceful coexistence between the refugees and host communities.
HIGHLIGHTS
In July, 32 newly displaced sought refuge in Mauritania following the eruption of interethnic violence in northern Mali. Most of the refugees originate from the Mali-Mauritanian border town of Nampala. UNHCR registered and assisted them to settle in Mbera camp.
Between 25 and 28 July, an extensive Non-Food basic Items distribution took place in Mbera camp. UNHCR distributed more than 17,000 rugs, buckets and jerry cans, more than 82,607 soap bars, more than 23,000 mosquitoes net and more than 13,000 basins.
On 5 August, in Mbera camp UNHCR launched ceremony for the tree planting campaign “a refugee for a tree” in the presence of the local authorities, UNHCR, IOM, SOS Desert, WLF and Intersos. Music group “Tefleust” played songs for the environment, encouraging participants to start tree planting.