BFI Country Director Odette Habonimana Recognized as Peacebuilder

U.S. Institute of Peace Nominates BFI Country Director Odette Habonimana for Inaugural Women Building Peace Award

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BFI unites and educates youth, women, and men, creates economic empowerment, and builds self-sustaining communities in Burundi, East Africa.

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Burundi

Burundi is a small country in East Africa about the size of Maryland, located between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.  Burundi is divided into 18 provinces, with its capital in Gitega.  While the primary languages of Burundi are Kirundi, Swahili and French, the primary language of business (and associated opportunity) throughout Africa is English.

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Empowering Burundi Today for a Brighter Tomorrow

BFI’s Education and Economic Empowerment programming efforts specifically align with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with an emphasis on the following Sustainable Development Goals:

Our mission is to develop and culminate these focuses in order to one day achieve Sustainable Development Goal #1 in Burundi - No Poverty.

Education & English Clubs

Knowledge is power. BFI works to expand opportunity in Burundi by providing learning materials to the eighteen provinces to propel education and support Burundians in their search for knowledge.  Learn More about BFI’s Education Pillar

Economic Empowerment

Here at BFI, we believe that self-sustainability and economic empowerment are created through education not hand outs. We have been working with women coffee growers to achieve this and meet our goals of ending poverty in Burundi. Learn More about BFI’s Economic Empowerment Pillar.

Recent News and Information
23 July 2020 mflores

U.S. Institute of Peace's Women Building Peace Award Nominee: Odette Habonimana

We are delighted to announce that Odette Habonimana, BFI’s new Country Director and a champion for women’s rights and healthy families, has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Women Building Peace Award from the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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02 April 2020 cchan

COVID-19 Pandemic in Burundi

Update! (May 1, 2020) Our team is dedicated to the well-being of Burundians, now more than ever. We are currently educating communities by translating important information so that all can understand.

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23 January 2020 mflores

Q&A with Dugan Lamoise, on BFI’s Women Empowered Project

A $58,350 Rotary Global Grant with BFI and the Rotary Clubs of Del Mar, California and Bujumbura, Burundi was initiated in the Spring of 2019 followed by a recent site visit by Dugan Lamoise, Vice President of Del Mar Rotary, and her husband, Philippe. We are so grateful for this substantial fund

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