FVS-AMADE Burundi

FVS-AMADE Burundi has been involved since 1992 in supporting orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC). Since 2014, the solidarity groups led by FVS-AMADE Burundi have become autonomous and are able to come to the aid...

Elvis and Fiston grew up in Ruziba, a neighborhood in South Bujumbura.  The two brothers are now 15 and 12 years old and not  long ago, they were not living with their parents.  Bad company brought them into Bujumbura streets life. Soon, they were imprisoned after a po...

At 13, Claude was no longer living with his parents until recently. When Claude’s parents divorced, they remarried and their new spouses didn’t want Claude in their houses. An aunt took care of him.   As he was missing classes, Claude finally dropped school and ended u...

For the third year, FVS-AMADE BURUNDI is proud to see that the Nawe N'Uze approach allowed the solidarity groups to provide 100% of the Orphans and other Vulnerable Children's (OVC) school kits. Despite economic difficulties many burundian families are enduring, the so...

On September 5th, FVS-AMADE Honors School « Amie des Enfants » had a cheerful school opening.  Sports counselors from PLAY INTERNATIONAL, a French NGO, facilitate a warming gym class. Group sports associated with small quizzes made old and new students get to know each...

Trésor and Pascal are two brothers and  they used to live in Bujumbura streets. In August, FVS-AMADE BURUNDI welcomed them in its transit center. They met other children who were still attracted by the freedom they had back in the streets.  But the brothers really want...

Since April 2015, violence burst in Burundi as the country was heading to presidential elections. It resulted in the displacement of Rumonge families  to DRC, Tanzania and Zambia. In this context, children protection and social cohesion are weakened by orphans and othe...

Melchiade is a member of a Children's Rights Committee in Ryansoro. For many years, he has been advocating for orphans spoliated of their inherited properties. He has then succeeded to get justice for 8 orphans. Melchiade’s work  brought him enmities. Once, he had to a...

Prudencienne Ngiriyabandi is a member of the Children's Rights Committee in Rumonge. For more than a decade, she worked with orphans and other vulnerable children. They warmly call her 'Mama Auntie'.

Thanks to Nawe N’uze approach, she sees the socio-economic changes tak...

It has been 17 years since Joséphine Kabura started to volunteer in associations in Murenge, Ryansoro. However, she did not always feel supported. Joséphine is also a member of a Children's Rights Committee and one day, her children came saying that someone on a motorc...