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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Empowered World View: He dreams becoming a successful businessman

During our conversation, he beamed as soon as we mentioned World Vision International Burundi. As, he testifies, the Christian organization enlightened his paths since he was invited to sessions on the Empowered World View approach.

Resilience project supports vulnerable families

Pigs chasing away food insecurity

Bernadette 39 years old is a cultivator at Gishikanwa hill in Bugenyuzi commune where she lives with her family. She had been struggling for long to feed...

Addressing school dropouts by changing world views

In front of a modest house, Jeanine and her mom, Josephine, express to each other best wishes of the day before the young lady departs to school. Josephine...

Eric' family beneficiary of cash transfer

Cash transfer enables resiliency

Before resilience and cash transfer projects started operating in Karusi province, Northeast of Burundi, Eric and his wife Jeanne were experiencing poor...

World Vision resumes operations for the wellbeing of children in Burundi

World Vision International Burundi has been authorised by the Government of Burundi to resume operations in the country after 10 days of suspension of INGO...

Witchdoctor surrenders all

54-year-old Ana Simparaye has recently abandoned her job of witchcraft and embraced small businesses to earn a living. Thanks to World Vision’s Empowered...

What can a woman do with an extra $25 a month?

In Burundi, two out of every three people are living on less than $2 US a day. For mothers, ensuring their children get enough food to eat is often a...

Burundi's malaria crisis

8 facts about Burundi's malaria epidemic

In 2017 alone, 6.4 million cases of malaria have been recorded in Burundi. Nearly twice as many cases have been reported than the country's entire...

Government of Germany helps fight against malnutrition in Burundian children

Recent statistics reveal that 56% of all children below age 5 in Burundi are chronically malnourished. Two and half year old Laurette Bivamugusenga and her...

5-year-old Arian hasn't heard mosquitos noises for a while

‘’Duuuuuu, dhuuuuu,duuuuu’’ 5-year-old Arian Ingabire imitates the noise that was made by a spraying pump that was recently used for indoor residual...

World Vision's Project restores broken relations

The hard life led by Jean Nzeyimana and his wife Claudine pushes them to act against the will of their religious leaders. Jean and Claudine live in Giheta...

Single mother raises awareness around youth's risky behaviours

Jeannette Ndayisenga, 24, had an unwanted pregnancy when she was 22 years old. A police officer acknowledged the paternity of the baby and had her...

When health services fall into the hands of communities

In the courtyard, in front of a modest house, in the rural area of Burundi, Josephine, a community health worker (CHW) is sitting at a table on top of...

Girls’ economic empowerment reduces sexual assaults

Mutoni Wase Ortine, a 3-year-old child, living in Muyinga center, province of Muyinga, Northeast of Burundi can now have access to basic needs. Her mom...

8-year-old Gisele can now quench her thirst

Gisele Uwarugira used to be thirsty while at school, but she could only go to the water point to quench her thirst two times a week when the thirst became...

More classrooms for more performance

Evangeline Iradukunda, a 9-year-old girl of Gasakuza Primary school, commune and province of Rutana, Southeast of Burundi, who used to learn in a congested...

World Vision hands over education infrastructures worth of over 1 million U$

The ceremonies took place at Gasakuza primary school that is located in the commune and province of Rutana, in the Southeast of Burundi. Gasakuza is one of...

Not a lost fight

World Vision Burundi in partnership with the Burundi Ministry of health recently held a press conference to raise awareness of the population about the...

Fruit for Economic Development

Levis Nshimirimana, a 13-year-old boy, has now access to a variety of food and clothing. Remegie, Levis’ father, who was finding hard to meet family’s...

Health care closeby helps children in Burundi survive malaria

By Javan Niyakire, World Vision Burundi Communications Officer In his nursing uniform, white gloves on his hands, Diomede Ndayisenga checks the table;15...

5-year-old Kevin can't reach home

Due to the elinino climate change, villagers of Gatumba, a village located at 17 km, west of Bujumbura, Burundi, recently felt something strange as they...

Keeping children at school

At the bottom of Ngayane Hill in Ntunda, Karusi province, northeastern Burundi, children used to spend all their evenings playing. This situation recently...

World Vision Burundi advocates for efficient birth spacing methods

As a controversial debate on contraceptive methods is still going, World Vision Burundi (WVB) advises users to opt for efficient choices. A local Media and...

Shelter and warm clothes for El Niño affected people

Jeannette, 60, can now sleep away from cold in her own tent room. World Vision has recently distributed kits to people of Nyaruhongoka, in southwestern...

World Vision has shown us the way

Children’s reading skills are generally poor in Burundi for early grades of primary schools. The situation is even worse for rural areas. In Cankuzo...