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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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    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.

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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.

    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.