Burundi Women's Organizations

1. Gatumba

 - Collectivity of Women's Associations from Gatumba (western suburb of 
            Bujumbura)

  - Comprised of elementary school teachers displaced from different suburbs 
            of the capital city

      Objectives

- mutual support group for teachers

- support children who need to go to school

      Activities

- raise funds to build a new school.

- creating networks to keep members in contact with other women's groups in the country.

- raise awareness of the needs of street children.

- teach the children .

2. The Martin Luther King Center

- center for the youth.

- work with young women throughout the country

      Objectives

- support young women in need of counseling help

      Activities

- provide young women with help, advice, and counseling to help them achieve their goals

3. FAWE, Burundi (Forum for African Women in Education, Burundi)

      Overview

- pan-African non-governmental organization -- PanAfrican.

- Concerned with the education of young women.

- seeks outside and government funding to support and encourage women in education

     Objectives

- publicize policies that discriminate against women

- question outdated traditions that do not support the education of women

4. Twung’ubumwe Turwany’inzara Assocation 

"Let's Join Forces and Win the Fight Against Hunger" 

      Overview

- inter-ethnic assocation of women, many of whom are displaced

    Objectives

- prevent hunger

- create an environment of mutual trust between former neighbors

     Activities

5. "Duhozanye" Association

“Let's Console Each Other"

      Overview

- comprised of displaced women primarly from Kayanza

- they have encouraged the formation of this association in their home towns.

     Objectives

- mutual support

- reconnection with former neighbors

6. Ishirahamwe Ry’abakenyezi Bateshejwe Izabo (Association of Women Who Were Forced Out of Their Homes) Sharing Stories of Their Displacement 
 

     Overview

- comprised of displace women from the suburbs

- many live in displace camps or with relatives

     Objectives

- seek support for basic goods for the home

- rebuild ethnic trust

     Activities

- communal farming

7. SWAA, Burundi 

Society for Women with Aids in Africa, Burundi 

      Overview

- non-governmental organization comprised of doctors, nurses, social workers, and volunteers

     Objectives

      Activities

- visit the sick who cannot afford transportation to the SWAA office

- seek outside support for new projects and medication