The project aims to improve emergency health care for pregnant women in Burundi, where access to health services is often difficult, especially in emergencies. The use of two electric motorcycles will enable fast, mobile and cost-effective interventions. The motorcycles, equipped with medical kits, will also reach remote areas. The vehicles' batteries are interchangeable and can be used locally, enabling a sustainable infrastructure. The project is being carried out jointly by DHBW Stuttgart and the RUSI Polytechnic and Retraining Center and includes tasks such as determining the equipment, developing apps for data storage and training young people in the field of battery technology.
Year: 2024
72 BATWA women from this village, aged between 20 and 60, are joining together to form a village community (cooperative) with the fallow land on the MUHORORO hill, totalling around 5 hectares, in order to operate sustainable agriculture in working groups to ensure food security under the guidance of agronomists. Field work, ploughing and hoeing; then sowing beans, then in February and March: digging contour lines for protective planting to protect the newly gained farmland from erosion and other field maintenance work until the harvest from April to June. In July and August, under supervision, the seeds are prepared and sown to ensure crop rotation (beans and maize) so that they can then farm independently in the future.
"Ingundu y'Umuganuro" is a theater project in Burundi that includes a tour and discussion rounds. The play, created by local artists, addresses identity, tradition and human relationships and is aimed at schoolchildren, students, people without formal education and public servants. 18 performances are planned in schools, universities, theaters and public spaces in Bujumbura, Gitega and Ngozi. After each performance, moderated discussions will take place that bring together ethnic, religious and political groups. The aim is to reflect on the themes of the play and to strengthen social cohesion in Burundi.
The project dénommé Jardin thérapeutique de Kamuna, fait partie du Center agricole de réhabilitation psychosociale Kamuna,de Cankuzo.Ce center est un espace communautaire, dans lequel ses users à l'aide d'un personnel qualifié et la communauté environnante arrivednt à vivre une réhabilitation réussie. This garden has a beautiful view of the terrain and game with avant-garde nature as a therapeutic tool. Son objectif is d'améliorer l'expérience des personnes séjournant au center. The entire service is accessible to users of the center and to personnel accompagnant, and in part accessible to the community environment. Son espace sera multifonctionnel.
The project supports 60 young people affected by violence and poverty and their families in Buterere and Kamenge. The aim is to reduce the risk of further violence, promote social skills and improve access to education through psychological support and parenting advice. Mediators from the Centres de Développement Familial et Communautaire are trained to recognize mental illnesses and refer those affected. Psychological interventions for affected young people, strengthening parental parenting skills to prevent child abuse and conflicts, enabling them to attend school/get an apprenticeship, and taking out family insurance to ensure education and health care are also offered.
We are planning to buy 4 dairy cows with their 4 calves. The milk will contribute to the daily nutrition of our children in the center, the surplus profit will be sold so that we can combat the hunger of many people. The sales proceeds can help cover our running costs. Later, when the livestock and milk yield have increased, we are also thinking about producing various dairy products such as butter, cheese, curd and yoghurt.
The project will take place in the Matongo commune in Kayanza province and in the Bugabira commune in Kirundo province. The aim is to strengthen peace and social cohesion among young Burundians aged 18 to 25 in the target areas of Kirundo and Kayanza. To achieve this, sports and cultural events will be organized to transmit the Olympic values and promote the talents of young people. A training program will be offered to increase their potential and expand their skills. These offers will promote solidarity between communities and reduce the risks of violence and manipulation.
The educational situation in Burundi is difficult. Only a small proportion (< 6%) has access to higher education. With our project, we are improving the educational and living situation of young people in Burundi. We award full scholarships to particularly needy and committed Burundians (initially for 1 year). At the same time, we support them through a local contact person and a buddy system. With the buddy system, we also promote intercultural exchange between Burundian and German students. With the social commitment of the students in Burundi, their professional qualifications and our awareness-raising work in Germany, we achieve effects that go far beyond the short-term study financing of individual people, both in terms of breadth and time.
The project aims to promote the safety of food and drink against the pauvret for the autonomy of the pauvres of the people; d'un coté les farmers du village de Gihanga soutenus par Caritas Mont Sion/ Pères de Schoenstatt and des farmers du village de Ramvya in Karusi province. Les mesures prevues sont les suivantes:
. Promouvoir des techniques innovative inspirations from l'agroécologie. These measurements are tested in the previous projects.
. Former les agriculteurs des deux villages, en privilégiant les femmes et les younges
. Distributor des semences/intrants agricoles;
. Renforcer the capacity économique des bénéficiaires par des formations ad hoc
. Sensitizer to the beneficiary of resilience to climatic changes;
. Reinforcer the cohesion sociale.
The principal object is that the people of the Colline Ruhinga have a potable water and the cassée elles puissent arroser les champs lors pendant la saison sèche. The project has a son's essence in the analysis of the level of the population, and is a consultant for statistics from the Institute of Statistics in Burundi in the province of Bururi. Les mesures prévus dans le project pour atteindre l'objectif global sont en premier lieu la collaboration avec le groupe cible, les techniciens dans le domaine de l'adduction de l'eau et l'administration locale dans tout le procéssus de mise en œuvre du project.