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Burundi

Burundi – short version
Number of national staff: 26
Number of international staff: 6
Budget: €760,498
Main donors: DGCD, Handicap International Luxembourg, European Union, City of Luxembourg

 

integratie in de gemeenschap in Burundi
Dieter Telemans

As a result of many years of civil war, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. The number of people with disabilities is estimated at around 800,000. Handicap International has been present in Burundi since 1992. Our first projects were aimed at supporting physical rehabilitation centres and centres treating children with multiple disabilities, as well as setting up projects to generate income for people with disabilities. At present, the programme is structured around four themes: community-based rehabilitation; institutional support for physical rehabilitation centres; support for associations of people with disabilities; and advocacy and awareness-raising, which also applies to the first three themes. In 2010, a new project was started to help women suffering from obstetric fistulas.

In 2011, the project supporting associations of disabled people, which came to a close at the end of 2010, will be reintroduced for a period of three years. We also have to prepare for the end of the project supporting the physical rehabilitation centres, which is due in February 2012. However, we will continue to support the rehabilitation centres – in particular the CNAR (Centre National d'Appareillage et de Réeducation/physiotherapy and orthopaedic rehabilitation centre) – for the next three years, while integrating a community element into this project. We will also further develop the ‘Women of the Backyard’ project.

 

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Projects

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supporting physical rehabilitation centres

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Community-based rehabilitation project

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