Projects and Partners

Child Centered Community Development (CCCD) Programme

Timeline: 2013-2030

Objective: to promote the holistic development of communities centered on the wellbeing of children

We support:

  • 3 ECD centers
  • 32 Parenting groups
  • 263 Self Help groups
  • 34,068 young children (0-7 years) supported through ECD and sponsorship
  • 1,140 children (8-12 years) and adolescent (13 -17 years) supported through PiP programming
  • 4,572 youth and adults (18 and above) supported through SHGs and PiP

Zones of intervention:

  • Bujumbura (Cibitoke, Murwi)
  • Buhumuza (Ruyigi, Butaganzwa)
  • Burunga (Makamba, Kibago)

Implementation partners:

Donor: Dutch private sponsors

Tubashigikire Programme

Timeline: 2023-2027

Objective: to provide humanitarian support for vulnerable people groups affected by climate shock and the deteriorating socio-economic situation in Burundi

We support:

  • 33,849 refugees with food aid and unconditional multi purpose cash aid (URT 1)
  • 12,249 households displaced by natural disasters (in total 61,245 internally displaced persons) with food aid and unconditional multi purpose cash aid (URT 2)

Zones of intervention:

  • Bujumbura (Bujumbura rural, Bubanza, Cibitoke)
  • Burunga (Rumonge)
  • Butanyerera (Kirundo and Ngozi)
  • Buhumuza (Muyinga and Cankuzo)

Donor: 

Merankabandi Programme

Timeline: 2023-2027

Objective: to integrate refugees living in camps in the national social protection systems in Burundi

We support:

  • 4,580 refugees with unconditional multi purpose cash aid
  • 4,580 refugees with capacity strengthened on child protection, early stimulation and childhood development, nutrition, health, sanitation and hygiene, financial literacy, micro-entrepreneurship and business plan writing skills
  • 229 refugees VSLAs

Zones of intervention:

  • Butanyerera (Ngozi)
  • Buhumuza (Muyinga and Cankuzo)

Donor: 

Rêves des Enfants Programme

Timeline: 2024-2026

Objective: to promote a multisectoral early childhood development package in the Kayanza District with a focus on the first 1000 days

We support:

    • Community structures:
          • 99 Child protection committees
          • 69 learning and nutritional rehabilitation centers
          • 15 health care centers that introduce birth registration in their services
          • 1,231 community structures with training on management of WASH facilities
      • Community members:
          • 1,179 children with access to birth certificates
          • 10,914 children suffering from acute malnutrition with micronutrients products
          • 198 trainers whose capacity is strengthened on the construction of modern cooking stoves
          • 1,217 children with access to child friendly spaces
          • 3,060 community members sensitized on WASH best practices

Zones of intervention:
Butanyerera (Kayanza)

Consortium partners:

     

Donor: 

In 2025, we also want to support:

2,000

children through ECD and child sponsorship

700

youth through PiP

1,500

parents involved in the Parenting Challenge

6,000

community members through SHGs and farmer groups