12-30-2014 ■ The Water, Climate and Development Program (WACDEP) organized on 23rd December 2014, a workshop for chief editors from different media sources. The main objective of the workshop was to encourage them to focus on to water security and climate change resilience issues in their press.-By Diane Uwimana “Climate change (...)

12-09-2014 ■ Dr Seyed Nasir Emadi, dermatologist from the Islamic Republic of Iran, is in Burundi to treat patients and train Burundian doctors.-By Diane Uwimana Dr Seyed Nasir is in Burundi with a dual mission of education and treatment. “The education is very important”, he says. “I want to train Burundian doctors (...)

12-04-2014 ■ The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 25 years ago on 20 November. The widely adopted convention includes the right for anyone under 18 to give their opinion, and be taken seriously by adults. But how easy is that in a country like Burundi?-By J. Berchmas (...)

11-13-2014 ■ Burundi is showing great progress in achieving the ambitious worldwide goal of 120 million more women and girls with access to contraceptives and information about family planning by 2020.–By Diane Uwimana Burundi aims to increase the number of people using modern contraceptives to 644. 628 by 2015 and has (...)

11-06-2014 ■ Many health centers in Burundi lack the appropriate equipment to help resuscitate newborn babies. LifeNet International made the equipment available and trained health professionals on its use.-By Yves Didier Irakoze The first minute after a baby is born is known as the ‘Golden Minute’, which provides the best chance (...)

11-06-2014 ■ The Burundi Government has implemented some measures to guarantee and ensure women’s protection.-By Diane Uwimana During the UN General Assembly in New York on 15 October 2014, Ambassador Albert Shingiro, the Permanent Representative of Burundi to the UN, has declared that the Burundi Government has put in place some measures (...)

11-06-2014 ■ Dr. Denis Mukwege (59) was awarded the Sakharov Prizefor Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament on October 21. The prize will be presentedformallyon November 26in Strasbourg, France. A Profile of Dr. Denis Mukwege.-By Jojanneke Spoor As a young boy, Denis Mukwege accompanied his father on pastoral visits to (...)

11-06-2014 ■ Demobilized soldiers and former rebels who were handicapped in the battle field wererecently relocatedto new demobilization centers. Life in Zege center,in Gitega province is unbearable, according to its inhabitants.-By J.Berchmans Siboniyo “We are going to die of hunger. We were only given food when we were brought here on (...)

10-30-2014 ■ Regideso filters at Lake Tanganyika are filled with mud. The water dispensing has decreased significantly. Lake waters are murky and muddy these days due to the Friday’s rain.-By Abbas Mbazumutima; translated by J. Berchmans Siboniyo Desire Nsengiyumva, the Director of Water in Regideso acknowledges the facts: “The filters are (...)

10-30-2014 ■ The site of Jerusalem, Kigwena commune where returnees from Tanzania live, was granted a public tab to prevent cholera. -By J.Berchmans Siboniyo A new public tab and tens of houses at Gashasha hill were opened on Friday 24 October to prevent cholera infection. Toilets and kitchens were also built. (...)