{"id":699,"date":"2013-12-20T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=699"},"modified":"2013-12-20T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T13:00:07","slug":"its-a-sentiment-of-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/its-a-sentiment-of-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a sentiment of satisfaction\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gifts made of shoes, food, clothes, soaps\u2026have been given by King\u2019s School to the Batwas\u2019 Community from Buterere before Christmas this 13 December 2013. Therefore, Batwas from this community salute the act and would like to see other associations or institutions doing the same.<\/strong>-Yves Didier Irakoze<\/em><\/p>\n

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Natacha interpreting while the Headmaster of King\u2019s School is explaining the objective of their visit.\u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

Shining faces, songs of joy of Batwas from Buterere site welcomed students and authorities from Bujumbura King\u2019s School. They brought gifts of various types to support Buterere Batwas. \u201cWe have come to see this group of people who are somehow forgotten but who need to be fully integrated in the community. It has also been an opportunity to our students to discover indigenous people, the way and conditions in which they are living. Furthermore, it has been an occasion to show and express love between people and this will often continue in the future,\u201d points out Wisdom, Headmaster of King\u2019s School. Thomas Nsengiyumva, a Twa from Buterere states that he has been glad to welcome those people and appreciate how they care of them; this teaches us not to exclude ourselves in the society. Natacha Nduwimana, Chairperson of Jehovah Jireh Association (God the Provider- AJEJI) also praises the gesture.
\n\u201cWords are not enough to express what I feel. Our hearts and those of the beneficiaries are delighted by the gesture. This is an example to follow. We cannot be all preachers or gospel singers without spreading our love and generosity to those needy people, indeed,\u201d says Nduwimana. She goes on saying that King\u2019s School has taught its students a spirit of devotion in serving their communities and love for their country. \u201cI hope that other schools will teach these values to their students,\u201d mentions Nduwimana. Honorable Alfred Ahingejeje, Chairman of Batwas\u2019 Parliament Group in National Assembly also expresses his gratitude towards AJEJI in partnership with King\u2019s School for that great act of charity for Buterere Batwas\u2019 community. \u201cWe are so happy to notice that there are compassionate people who think that there is another group of vulnerable people who need assistance. That sounds great to see other children coming here to pay visit to their brothers and sisters and be aware of the way they live,\u201d appreciates Hon. Ahingejeje. Hon. Ahingejeje has reminded the conditions indigenous people live without access to education, land to cultivate, financial means and comfortable houses to live in. However, he indicates that they are satisfied with the step already reached because now Batwas are starting to be, step by step, integrated in some institutions though their full integration and representation is still small.<\/p>\n

Why were Buterere Batwas chosen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A family picture of Buterere Batwas and visitors.\u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Natacha Nduwimana, AJEJI Chairperson, we felt obliged to do something after learning about their stories. Many Burundians and foreigners are not aware that we have a big community of Batwas at Buterere. For lunch or something else to eat, they pick their food from rubbish bins around Buterere Commune. \u201cThese people didn\u2019t come to Buterere by choice; they have neither access to land and nor to modest means to survive. As a Christian organization, we had to do something. I compare AJEJI to a ship\u2026it\u2019s conducted by God and this ship will go wherever God leads it,\u201d underlines Nduwimana.<\/p>\n

Batwas need bigger help and assistance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hon. Ahingejeje invites all people, institutions to help this kind of community and avoid the bad mentality of discriminating them because we are all the same and have to get the same rights in the society. \u201cThe government has the first responsibility to offer much more to this kind of community. It should do like Canada where a ministry in charge of minorities\u2019 issues has been created,\u201d highlights Hon. Nduwimana concludes saying that she would like to encourage other international schools to make a field trip to Buterere. Their students might learn one thing or two about the history of Burundi and this fascinating community of Batwas.
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\nAJEJI is a non-profit organization created in 2012 by a group of Burundians united for education and development to build a sustainable peace and improvement society through implementation of community based integrated projects targeting the youth, women, elderly, adults and children. \u00a0Since its creation, AJEJI focuses on the search for durable solutions for children and youth in their community. It deals with the supervision, education, health, socio-cultural and economic reintegration of orphans, other vulnerable children and youth. It is currently focusing on the Batwas\u2019 community because they are still struggling to get a right place in the society\u2026Our achievements are not measured by what we distribute but rather the fact that we are able to build hope to these souls through different activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gifts made of shoes, food, clothes, soaps\u2026have been given by King\u2019s School to the Batwas\u2019 Community from Buterere before Christmas this 13 December 2013. Therefore, Batwas from this community salute the act and would like to see other associations or institutions doing the same.-Yves Didier Irakoze Shining faces, songs of joy of Batwas from Buterere […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[93,108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}