Help Burundian poor population in hard situation

Save Life Make Difference

Bujumbura Burundi

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Project repport : Save Life Make Difference has granted, via its project leader in Bujumbura, a donation of 2000 dollars

BUJUMBURA – Save Life Make Difference has granted, via its project leader in Bujumbura, a donation of 2000 Euros to members of the executive committee to provide food assistance to .25 vulnerable people affected by the socio-political situation that has prevailed in Burundi since month of February in 2024 last. Indeed, a multi-sector rapid needs assessment mission carried out from May 28 to 30 in three zones (north, south and west) of Burundi concluded that there was a need for immediate food assistance to the most vulnerable households in the provinces of Kirundo (communes of Bugabira, Busoni and Kirundo), Makamba (Nyanza-lac commune) and Bujumbura Rural particularly affected by the current socio-political crisis in Burundi.

This financial support was used to provide immediate food assistance for 40 days to around 30 people identified as being the most affected in the Kabonga zone, Nyanza-lac commune, in the province of Makamba (South). These households include members who fled their areas and neighborhoods of origin to regions deemed safer, host families as well as vulnerable people housed in social institutions which experienced a sudden increase in their numbers during this period. With this financial support, WFP is preparing to provide nutritional assistance to approximately 12 pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 years of age showing signs of moderate acute malnutrition to restore good nutritional status, as well as to prevent malnutrition. nutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under 2 years old at risk of being affected by malnutrition in the provinces of Kirundo and Makamba. According to the Director of Save Life Make Difference in Burundi, this financial support came at the right time because it not only helped save lives but also prevented an exodus to countries bordering Burundi for reasons of access. limited to foodstuffs.

“This support allowed us to minimize the risk of seeing the already precarious situation of targeted households deteriorate. Hence the imperative to intervene. This is why we thank the French government for this support”, indicates the representative of the association. This aid was funded by people who love helping people who are suffering through the organization GlobalGiving. we have a lot of people who need more help but the money is not enough.

Save Life make Difference 

17/03/2024

 A landlocked country in East Africa, Burundi is a low-income economy, with 80% of the population employed in the agricultural sector. Located in the Great Lakes region, Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and bordered by Lake Tanganyika to the southwest. With a population of 12.8 million people (2022), 50.3% of whom are women and 41.5% young people under 15, Burundi is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with a density ratio of 442 people per square kilometer (2020 population projection).

Burundi has made significant progress in terms of the quality of and access to education. Since the introduction of free primary education in 2005, the Gross Enrollment Rate in primary education reached 118.5% during the 2021/2022 school year without significant variation between provinces, gender, or level of income.

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