Reports

November 2017 saw the launch of the Red Cross capacity strengthening initiative in Burundi. The first of a series of activities aiming at strengthening the capacity of the Burundi Red Cross was held in Bujumbura, starting…

Highlights In 2017, a total of 43,444 under-five children with severe acute malnutrition (22,524 girls and 20,920 boys) were admitted and treated in health facilities across the country; UNICEF supported the Minister of Health’s response to cholera through…

CONTEXT The sociopolitical and economic situation stemming from the political crisis in 2015 in Burundi continues to impact the lives of the most vulnerable, leading to an increase of humanitarian needs as well as ongoing external and…

Highlights UNICEF, UNHCR and partners are working closely on the return and reintegration of Refugees from Tanzania in Burundi. To date, 1,666 people have returned through the formal repatriation process. An estimated 20,000 people, half children, are…

Depuis le mois d’avril 2015, le Burundi fait face à des conditions d’instabilité socio-politique dont les conséquences croissantes ne cessent de porter préjudice à la sécurité alimentaire et aux moyens d’existence des ménages. L’instabilité affecte davantage…

Highlights • Since the beginning of January 2017, the number of malaria cases has reached over 4.2 million people (with 1,891 deaths); UNICEF contributed to the National Malaria Response Plan with the provision of malaria drugs and…

The Doors Open Day organised by the Burundi Red Cross, OCHA, IOM and World Vision had a dual purpose. That was, the information on the humanitarian hotline and the mobilization of funds for its perpetuation. "As…

There are two years, the Burundi Red Cross is coordinating and running a toll-free number, which receives and sends calls and the receiver is liable for anything in terms of payment. 109, the number is also…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster April 2015: Following the President’s decision to run for another term tensions and violence erupts in the capital of Bujumbura and some provinces. This resulted in a number of casualties in…

Burundi Humanitarian Hotline: Changing lives, one phone call at a time Daphrose sits quietly in a Burundi Red Cross Society vehicle, sceptical that the 3-hour trip from her village to Gitega city in northern Burundi will change…