Burundi : key
figures
- In 2002, Burundi was ranked 171st out
of 175 countries in the annual UN human development classification
- According to the United Nations, average life expectancy in Burundi
is 40,6 years
- 90 % of the Burundese population subsists from agriculture
The focal points of our action in 2006 |
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• Continuation of our programme
to provide access to drinking water and sanitation in Rural
Bujumbura, Cankuzo, Muramvya, Mwaro, Bururi and Gitega provinces:
rehabilitation of water conveyance pipes in rural areas,
equipping water springs, building and emptying latrines.
• Increasing food security activities
(distribution of agricultural fertilizers, support for small-scale
breeding activities) in Cankuzo and Muramvya provinces.
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Our
programmes in 2004-2005 |
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Water,
hygiene and sanitation programme
Rural Bujumbura, Muramvya, Mwaro, Bururi
and Cankuso.
Objectives
Improve the availability of drinking water and hygiene conditions
for the most vulnerable populations in the above provinces :
by supplying drinking water through repairs to water conveyance
pipes, or by capturing and equipping water springs
by ensuring the future maintenance of our current water activities,
through support for local water boards
by improving hygiene conditions through the construction of
latrines and through hygiene awareness campaigns.
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Food safety programme
Muramvya-Mwaro, Gitega provinces
Objectives
Provide assistance to severely vulnerable populations and counter
food shortages among these populations :
by distributing seeds, fruit trees, animals (pigs, goats) and
agricultural tools
by reviving animal breeding activities
by setting up sustainable cropping activities
by diversifying agricultural activities (bee keeping, fish farming,
demonstration plots, mills)
by supporting agricultural associations
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2003
: Providing food, support and assistance |
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SOLIDARITES' programmes in Burundi during 2003 seek to maintain
and develop the humanitarian action undertaken by our association
in the country since 1997. Our programmes continually adapt to
meet the ever-changing and variable needs of the local population,
and to pave the way for our nutritional programmes to be integrated
into the local community infrastructure, whilst maintaining an
emergency response where necessary. In this regard, the transfer
of our nutritional activities in Muramvya into local hands is
in line with this long-term objective.
In 2003, SOLIDARITES'
programmes in Burundi focus on two areas : |
 Nutrition
and food safety
Nutrition
(CNS and CNT)
Continuing to take care of moderate malnutrition cases in the
12 Nutritional Supplementation Centres in the Gitega region, as
well as taking care of severe malnutrition cases at the 2 Nutritional
Therapy Centres (Gitega - Mutaho).
If the nutritional situation continues to improve in 2003, these
nutritional programmes will gradually be integrated into the Burundese
healthcare infrastructure.
Food
safety
These programmes aim to decrease malnutrition among vulnerable
populations in Gitega and Muramvya provinces (with particular
attention to the Mwaro area). They consist of the following activities
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Distribution and diversification of seeds
- Revalorization of livestock, breeding : goats and pigs
- Composting activities
- fish farming, bee keeping
- training and follow-up for families and groups
These activities
aim to allow the assisted populations to move from a state of
dependance to one of self-sufficiency and local development.
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 Water,
hygiene and sanitation
These programmes
are being carried ou in seven provinces (Bujumbura rural, Muramvya,
Mwaro, Gitega, Bururi, Bubanza and Cibitoke). Their aim is to
reduce water-borne diseases among vulnerable populations through
five types of activities :
Capturing
and equipping springs
Water conveyance pipes fox schools, health centres and camps for
displaced persons
Latrines and draining of latrines at camps for displaced persons
Awareness
campaigns about water and hygiene for displaced persons and schoolchildren.
Work with the Water Board to ensure that our activities remain
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1998-2001
: Nutrition, Training, Sanitation |
| Nutrition
Muramvya
and Mwaro Provinces
Continuation and development of the programme commenced in 1997:
Management of 10 additional nutrition centres each treating
2400 beneficiaries per month;
In collaboration with the Muramvya hospital, SOLIDARITES is in
charge of the running of a nutritional therapy centre for the
treatment of severe malnutritution. This centre treats an average
of 120 people per month;
Nutritional monitoring of 17 camps for displaced persons.
Province
de Gitega
In December 1998, SOLIDARITES opened a nutritional therapy centre
with 100 beds inside the Gitega hospital which treats 130 patients
on average per month;
Support
and assistance for 15 Ministry of Health nutrition centres which
treat 1200 people per month.
Training
Coordination of 17 hygiene committees
at camps for displaced people, distribution of soap;
Nutritional education in the nutrition centres;
Support of 50 womens' associations to revive small-scale
agriculture and breeding.
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Sanitation
Rehabilitation de 7 water conveyance pipes
and 7 springs in the rural Bujumbura
province, benefiting 70,000 people;
Construction,
rehabilitation and emptying
of over 918 latrines at 53
camps for displaced persons, benefiting nearly 60,000 people;
Rehabilitation of 7 water conveyance pipes benefiting 34
200 people in the Muramvya and Mwaro provinces;
Rehabilitation of 312 springs, benefiting 68,308 people in
the Muramvya, Gitega and Mwaro provinces. |
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