Burundi
Makamba, Kirundo, Ngozi, Kayanza, Ruyigi, Rutana, Cankuzo and Cibitoke Provinces
5
partners
377,321
direct beneficiaries
in 2021
Results from 2021
- 19,032 patients covered by our mutual health insurance system.
- 1,053 mental health patients, including 622 women, supported to develop a small economic activity and reintegrate socially.
- 545 health care providers trained in mental health care.
- 4,772 farmers benefit from an irrigation system and are organised within a federation of 25 Irrigation Water Users Associations
Programmes
Access to healthcare
Our objective: to improve access to healthcare for the population of the rural and informal sector in 7 communes in the north of Burundi.
To achieve this, together with our local partners, we :
- Improve the membership, professionalism and governance of the 7 mutual health insurance companies we have developed.
- Support the health sector in order to improve the quality of care for the mutual health insurance members.
- Strengthen a regional umbrella organisation that stimulates and accompanies the mutualist movement and contributes to the process of setting up the unions of mutuals in the health districts.
- Produce and disseminate our knowledge and experience acquired in support of the mutualist movement in Burundi. Discover our capitalisation documents.
Partner : UCODE-AMR
Food and economic security
- supporting the development of agricultural products and crafts
- supporting Irrigation Water Users Associations in the Imbo region
- creation, development and support to the Farmers' Organizations of the Bugesera region
- supporting the promotion and production of seeds, inputs and agricultural tools, as well as the development of drought-resistant crops
- literacy project for the promotion of women in development
Partnairs : CUFORE de l’Université Lumière de Bujumbura, FODEV et UCODE-AMR
Health care
- Raising Awareness on Mental Health Disorders
Partners : BADEC et CARITAS Ngozi
Sustainable
Development
Goals
pursued in Burundi
MÉNÉDORE NYABENDA, NGOZI PROVINCE
"I am a widow and mother of eight children, four of whom have died. I no longer have any relatives. My 9 brothers and sisters are dead. This situation and the poverty have upset me. I had no energy, I couldn't work anymore. Renate, a community health worker, started coming to support me and got me into a discussion group. She continues to be close to me on a daily basis. Today I have regained my strength, I cultivate my fields and I manage to feed my children. Now I am a member of an association created by the community health workers of the TWITEHO AMAGARA project. I thank them, they saved our lives."