Help a Child in Burundi

It all started with a letter…
While Help a Child started working in 2009 in Burundi, the history of Help a Child international goes back longer. Read more about its origin by clicking on the button below.

Burundi, also known as the heart of Africa, is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction of the great lakes region and East Africa. The nation covers 10,747 square miles and it shares borders with Tanzania (east and southern side), the Democratic Republic of Congo (west side) and Rwanda (northern side).

Did you know…

• Burundi’s GDP is among the lowest in the world (currently ranked 176th out of 195 countries) and it is considered to be among the twenty most vulnerable UN countries to climate change.
• In Burundi, only thirty percent of health facilities have basic drinking water facilities and only 52 percent have sanitation services. When it comes to household coverage, 42.6 percent of urban households have access to clean water in their homes while only 1.2 percent of rural households have access to clean water in their homes.
• 67 percent of Burundi’s population consisting of approximately 12.1 million people cannot afford a nutritious diet. While 52 percent of children in Burundi suffer from malnutrition.

Help a Child has 4 active programmes across 4 provinces in Burundi: