In summary:

• A motto: EMPOWERMENT!

  • A new camp for refugees ... and the local population!

  • Did you know?

  • Kavumu, the result of a close collaboration...

  • … and a major investment!

  • But who really are the first Kavumu refugees ?

  • Looking for refuge and security… - From Kajaga to Kavumu… the long road of the first convoy - A colourful opening ceremony, as a symbol of an harmonious atmosphere between locals and refugees!

  • En vrac

17 May 2013 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Burundi welcomes the organization of a workshop from 22 to 25 May in Kayanza (north of Burundi), under the auspices of the Government of Burundi, on the revision of the Electoral Code and encourages all political parties and actors to participate actively in this important meeting.

At Gakere health centre in the northern province of Ngozi, the World Food Programme is providing vital food supplements to malnourished pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five.

Little Cécile weighed 2.70 kgs at birth in 2010. As time passed, her mother, Vénancie Sinzotuma, noticed that her youngest daughter was not growing normally. As soon as Cécile’s mother learned from a neighbour that WFP had a special feeding programme at Gakere, she did not hesitate.

In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production but also on the policies that affect an entire food system, from farm to table. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was founded in 1975, the same year as the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, which formally created the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

A new three-year grant from Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) has just been approved and will enable the Danish Refugee Council to continue its advocacy and policy work in the Great Lakes region of Africa until 2016. The new funding will serve to strengthen the efforts of DRC and its partner organisations and to consolidate the results reached in the region since 2010.

Widespread and well above-average amounts of March to May rains fell in East Africa

KEY MESSAGES

Handicap International has launched a regional project to prevent sexual violence against children with disabilities in Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya. The organisation decided to take action after learning that children with disabilities are 3 to 4 times more likely to be affected by physical and sexual violence than children without disabilities.

Cassava, a tropical root crop, is the third most important source of calories in the tropics, after rice and maize. According to FAO, it is the staple food for nearly a billion people in 105 countries.

Burundi has all it takes to successfully develop an agricultural sector: a fine climate, fertile soils and a tradition in farming. Yet, there is one essential element missing to modernise this sector and have it enter the 21st century: capital. To do something about this, BTC's agricultural programme in Burundi (PAIOSA) launched a new initiative to support agricultural entrepreneurs in Burundi to acquire equipment and infrastructure.