{"id":403498,"date":"2026-02-19T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=403498"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:39:53","slug":"mauritania-launches-food-program-for-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/mauritania-launches-food-program-for-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritania launches food program for Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Mauritania implemented this year its Special Ramadan Social Program with two main components: selling basic goods at reduced prices and providing free food distribution and financial transfers to vulnerable families. The information was published by the state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/archives\/30225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMI<\/a>, on Wednesday (18), the start of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After visiting sites where the benefits were made available, Mauritania\u2019s president, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, said this year\u2019s program is more comprehensive in geographic coverage, product diversity, availability, and the amount of financial credits allocated, and is part of the government\u2019s efforts to ease citizens\u2019 financial burden during the holy month. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, usually shortening the workday, and share communal meals at nightfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first component of the country\u2019s Ramadan social program is an initiative implemented by the government in partnership with the private sector to sell basic goods at fixed, subsidized prices. According to AMI, this year the program covers all provinces, with an increased number of points of sale and markets dedicated to the initiative, improved product quality, and the inclusion of new items that were not previously covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second component of the program is the government distribution of free food. According to the president, the food will reach 25,000 families, and a total of 143,000 families will receive cash transfers. The total cost of the operation, funded by the state budget, is MRU 13.6 billion (USD 338 million at the current conversion rate). Ghazouani said the initiative reflects the government\u2019s attention to vulnerable groups and its commitment to strengthening the values of social solidarity during the holy month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social initiatives are common in Muslim countries during Ramadan, a time besides fasting, followers of Islam are encouraged to practice charity. These efforts come from governments as well as organizations, mosques, businesses, and individuals who assist those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/books-help-explain-ramadan-to-children\/\">Books help explain Ramadan to children<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country\u2019s government has implemented a special social program for the holy month, offering basic goods at subsidized prices, along with free food distribution and cash transfers to vulnerable families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":403514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3066],"tags":[26662,5047,1934,10132,50323,30090,2741],"class_list":{"0":"post-403498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-alimentos-en-2","9":"tag-charity","10":"tag-donation","11":"tag-food-en","12":"tag-mauritania-2","13":"tag-ramada-en-2","14":"tag-ramadan"},"wps_subtitle":"The country\u2019s government has implemented a special social program for the holy month, offering basic goods at subsidized prices, along with free food distribution and cash transfers to vulnerable families.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}