Burundi

"I have seen how communities were, and I can see the difference today. Those who used to be illiterate, with low self esteem and despised by neighbours are now confident leaders and role models in their communities. Extreme poverty robs peace, hope and dignity, and the program has contributed to their restoration."
Claudette, Burundi

89,231

Cumulative Members

4,901

Current Members

% of Women

In Burundi, volunteer facilitators have gone on to form thousands of groups without incentive, demonstrating that when people mobilise their own resources, transformation multiplies far beyond the original investment.

Fabrice Mbonankira 2021 - Five Talents, Burundi - Kagwema, Cibitoke - Munezero Yolande (beneficiary) 01

Burundi, ranked 185 out of 188 on the UN Human Development Index (2019), remains one of the world’s poorest and most rural nations. Since independence in 1962, ethnic and political conflict has devastated communities, leaving high illiteracy rates, poor healthcare, and widespread gender-based violence. Most of Burundi’s 11 million people rely on subsistence farming, trapped in a cycle of economic hardship.

Your support helps communities create lasting economic opportunity.

Meet the members your investment has impacted.

Sabine, Burundi

Floretta, Burundi

Francine, Burundi

Josephine Kezakimana

Programme Co-Ordinator

2023 Burundi Impact Evaluation Summary

Women Leading Economic & Social Transformation

This independent report, jointly published by Five Talents and Mothers’ Union, charts and measures cumulative programme impacts in Burundi over a 20 year period. As Five Talents celebrates our 25th anniversary, we are excited to share this inspirational story of women and men who, through their own hard work, collaboration, skills and resilience have built a more secure future for themselves, their families and their communities.

Please click here to read our summary of the report, or see the full report here.