Eminettou’s Story

“Today, we no longer have problems with cohabitation. On the contrary, we live as brothers.”

We want to tell you a story. 

Eminettou and her family arrived in Keur Madike, in Mauritania in 1989, after communities were being deported from Sénégal.

“We stayed here for several years before our brothers returned from Senegal, in a return organised by the Mauritanian authorities. We had many violent exchanges with them”.

Concordis has been working in Mauritania since 2013. We’re committed to working with communities to help them resolve their own problems. 

Concordis includes women in every aspect of peacebuilding. We ensure they are fully represented in consultations, workshops and community groups.

During COVID-19, Concordis worked with women-led cooperatives to make face masks, thereby simultaneously increasing Mauritanian capacity to produce health equipment, enabling local micro-enterprises to survive and thrive through the pandemic and build social cohesion between Returnee and Haratine communities through this shared income-generating activity.

Read more about peacebuilding and face masks.

“Concordis mediated between us and facilitated our reconciliation. It also financed some Income Generating Activities to bring us together. We thank Concordis for the peace it facilitated between us. Today we no longer have problems of cohabitation, on the contrary we live as brothers".”