Burundi has a tradition of mutual solidarity which is in danger of being lost. It needs to be supported and encouraged: people helped each other, joined together in community development projects and celebrated together in good times as in bad. The crisis in Burundi divided people on ethnic lines and in other ways and a common work project is a good way of creating bonds of friendship and understanding. ABSV is keen to contribute to national reconstruction through solidarity and it has chosen an environmental project because Burundi's fragile environment needs to be preserved.
Objectives of this project:
- contribute to peace building and cultural exchange. - demonstrate the workcamp as a model for involving young people in development and reconciliation work in Burundi.
Specific objectives:
- bring the local people together and help establish better relations between them. - engage in useful work for the benefit of the community. - encourage the Burundian tradition of communal work. - bring volunteers from other countries to share their experiences of volunteer action.
Week of local and international solidarity for development education and public sanitation located at Buterere, 12km from the capital Bujumbura, 5km from Bujumbura International Airport. Buterere is a village where you find two camps with displaced persons from different provinces and ethnic groups victims of the civil war in 1993.
Work:
Cleaning the area. As we are in the raining season, roads are dirty and need to be cleaned as people are suffering from malaria from it. Volunteers will also do some fruit trees planting. Two types of fruit trees are going to be planted: dunult, oranges and shed trees.
Curtural activities:
Teams competition will be organised (volleyball, basketball, drums,...). Candle light memorial of HIV/AIDS victims will be organised as well.
Study part:
Capacity building in HIV/AIDS eradication, Human Rights, project planning and volunteering will be organised.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be hosted in a school as students will be on holidays. The camp setting is typically African rural, there is no electricity but drinking water is available.
Hosting Fee:
75 Euro. Transport to tourist places will be paid by the volunteers. ABSV will provide transport from the airport to the camp.
Burundi has a tradition of mutual solidarity which is in danger of being lost. It needs to be supported and encouraged: people helped each other, joined together in community development projects and celebrated together in good times as in bad. The crisis in Burundi divided people on ethnic lines and in other ways and a common work project is a good way of creating bonds of friendship and understanding. ABSV is keen to contribute to national reconstruction through solidarity and it has chosen an environmental project because Burundi's fragile environment needs to be preserved.
Objectives of this project:
- contribute to peace building and cultural exchange. - demonstrate the workcamp as a model for involving young people in development and reconciliation work in Burundi.
Specific objectives:
- bring the local people together and help establish better relations between them. - engage in useful work for the benefit of the community. - encourage the Burundian tradition of communal work. - bring volunteers from other countries to share their experiences of volunteer action.
Work:
Volunteers will paint the Kirundo Technical School. They will also visit families and AIDS patients to offer support.
Location:
Kirundo is a small town in NE Burundi, about 200 kms from Bujumbura, the capital.
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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