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Where a child is born should not decide how far that child can go.

In rural Burundi, we work alongside whole families to connect learning, health, nutrition, livelihoods and local leadership, because families never face these challenges one at a time.

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Where a child is born should not decide how far that child can go.

In rural Burundi, we work alongside whole families to connect learning, health, nutrition, livelihoods and local leadership, because families never face these challenges one at a time.

Donate
See how we work

Partnerships creating change.

      Our impact

      What’s growing in Butanuka

      1,350

      women saving together in 56 savings groups.

      ~270

      million Burundian Francs shared out by those groups in 2025,reinvested in school fees, farming and small businesses

      280

      children learning at Butanuka Community Academy

      70+

      girls supported through secondary school and university.

      176

      children supported through malnutrition screening, treatment and follow-up in late 2025

      50

      farmers trained in nutrition sensitive, organic agriculture.
      Our belief

      Poverty is rarely one problem.

      A child arrives at school hungry. A mother’s savings disappear with one illness. A farmer grows food but still struggles to feed the household. These challenges don’t arrive separately. They meet inside the same home, at the same time.

      So we don’t work on them separately either. A healthier child learns better. A financially stronger parent keeps children in school. A stronger school opens opportunities for a whole community. That’s what we mean by lasting change.

      Read our approach
      Our belief

      Poverty is rarely one problem.

      A child arrives at school hungry. A mother’s savings disappear with one illness. A farmer grows food but still struggles to feed the household. These challenges don’t arrive separately. They meet inside the same home, at the same time.

      So we don’t work on them separately either. A healthier child learns better. A financially stronger parent keeps children in school. A stronger school opens opportunities for a whole community. That’s what we mean by lasting change.

      Read our approach

      How we work

      A child arrives at school hungry. A mother’s savings disappear with one illness. A farmer grows food but still struggles to feed the household. These challenges don’t arrive separately. They meet inside the same home, at the same time.

      So we don’t work on them separately either. A healthier child learns better. A financially stronger parent keeps children in school. A stronger school opens opportunities for a whole community. That’s what we mean by lasting change.

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      How we work

      A child arrives at school hungry. A mother’s savings disappear with one illness. A farmer grows food but still struggles to feed the household. These challenges don’t arrive separately. They meet inside the same home, at the same time.

      So we don’t work on them separately either. A healthier child learns better. A financially stronger parent keeps children in school. A stronger school opens opportunities for a whole community. That’s what we mean by lasting change.

      Our story

      It began with a cup of porridge.

      In 2018, Janvier Manirakiza registered Dreaming for Change with no funding and no staff. He went to Butanuka, a remote village in Bubanza Province, to listen. With a few local volunteers, he started a porridge programme for 50 malnourished children. It quickly grew to hundreds, and then into everything we do today.

      Read our story

      Our story

      It began with a cup of porridge.

      In 2018, Janvier Manirakiza registered Dreaming for Change with no funding and no staff. He went to Butanuka, a remote village in Bubanza Province, to listen. With a few local volunteers, he started a porridge programme for 50 malnourished children. It quickly grew to hundreds, and then into everything we do today.

      Mission.

      We create opportunities that strengthen dignity, learning, health, livelihoods and positive transformation for children, youth, families and communities in Burundi.

      Mission.

      We create opportunities that strengthen dignity, learning, health, livelihoods and positive transformation for children, youth, families and communities in Burundi.

      Vision.

      Healthy, peaceful and educated communities in Burundi, where every child can learn, every family can live in good health and dignity, and every community can shape its own future.

      Vision.

      Healthy, peaceful and educated communities in Burundi, where every child can learn, every family can live in good health and dignity, and every community can shape its own future.

      Help a whole family move forward.

      When one person gains opportunity, the benefit reaches their children, their household and their neighbours. Your support connects all of it.

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