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This is the last of my food
Jul 08, 2011
Laurie MacGregor reports from the Horn of Africa, where 10 million are at risk of starvation
ACT in Burundi
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
International organisations in Burundi
Organisations funding work in Burundi
- Australian Lutheran World Service
- Bread for the World
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church World Service (CWS)
- DanChurchAid
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- ICCO
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
- Solidarité Protestante
About Burundi
- Population: 8.3 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Bujumbura
- Area: 27,816 sq km (10,740 sq miles)
- Major languages: Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili
- Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs
- Life expectancy: 49 years (men), 52 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Burundi franc = 100 centimes
- Main exports: coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
- GNI per capita: US $140 (World Bank, 2008)