As part of the celebration of the Day of the African Child which is celebrated on June 16 each year, HELP CHANNEL BURUNDI in collaboration with communal administration and Direction of Education in Buganda commune, celebrated the International Day of the African Child.This year’s main theme ““Humanitarian Action in Africa: Children’s Rights First “.“

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Following the prolonged drought that hit some municipalities in Kirundo province from September to December 2018, the majority of households in Busoni communes were unable to harvest crops and this was plunged into extreme famine.

According to information collected from our local staff in Kirundo province, hundreds of people have fled their households mainly in Busoni commune near Rwanda in northern Burundi. The majority went to neighboring communes but a hundred left in Rwanda according to information provided by local sources.People leaving the communes say they have nothing to eat because they did not have crops for the first crop season because they did not have rains all the last quarter of the year 2018.They are seriously affected and households have nothing to eat. The population of these municipalities is asking for emergency help to stabilize them. It is in this context that Help Channel Burundi mobilized its partner MCC to help more than 570 vulnerable households in Gatete and Rwibikara.

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To improve the ecomic resilience of the youth in Cibitoke province, HCB empowers youth in fish farming practices under Building Bridges in Burundi project.Fish farming is considered to be an innovative and economic strategy for promoting food security and improving the economic resilience of the youth. The participation of the youth in fish farming will not only help the sector to reach its full potential but also contribute to the reduction of unemployment among the youth, as there are opportunities in the sector waiting to be tapped.

Help Channel Burundi introduces a new piggery rearing technology, first of its kind in Burundi “Indigenous Micro-Organisms Technology”