From left to right: Gabrielle Ncabukoroka, Clothilde Mbonigaba, Léoncie Ntibitangira. The three friends take part on an LWF supported group commited to empowering women to claim their rights.
LWF Burundi has an impressive track-record in livelihoods and protection and social cohesion since 2006. The program works with local and national authorities, as well as community-based organizations. LWF Burundi supports Internally Displaced People (IDPs), local communities, and returnees in the provinces of Cankuzo and Ruyigi, near the Tanzanian border. In 2024, it expanded its areas of intervention to the neighboring province of Muyinga. LWF Burundi’s projects promote the integration of vulnerable people, foster livelihoods for communities and support the socioeconomic development of women and youth.
Currently, the program supports more than 19,000 people annually to attain sustainable livelihoods, receive adequate protection, access education, foster social cohesion and work towards gender equality.
"Many people are asking to join our cooperative and others are asking us to train them. We helped our neighbors to apply the techniques we learned.”
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Local voices, local actions
Joceline Sahinkuye is a trainer. She teaches village savings and loans associations to the Farmer Field School members. She has 30 students and the course is 3 sessions of 2 hours. She did a course to be a trainer and was elected by the members of the community to teach the course. She is a farmer herself and do this as an activity. She explains “I am proud I am doing this. I am a trained teacher but I could not find a job so I am farming instead. This gives me the opportunity to teach. “This is an opportunity to benefit from others’ ideas. They have many ideas which mean we can conduct many projects!”
Joceline SAHINKUYE teaches village savings and loans associations to the Farmer Field School members. Photo LWF Burundi
“Civil society organizations are often unaware, but we have a unique role in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. We can improve the state of human rights in the country by offering informed recommendations to the State of Burundi through this United Nations platform.”
Jobs
LWF World Service is regularly looking for new staff to work in the field. A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. Our work is people-centred and community-based.
Contacts
Clovis Mwambusta, Regional Program Coordinator (Geneva)
Email: [email protected]
Martine Nibasumba, National Director in Burundi
Email: [email protected]
Partners
- ACT Alliance
- Australian Lutheran World Service
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg
- German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation