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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
Organisations with HQ in Burundi
International organisations in Burundi
Organisations funding work in Burundi
- Anglican Overseas Aid-Australia
- Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- Solidarité Protestante (Protestant Solidarity) (SP)
- World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
About Burundi
- Population: 8.57 million (World Bank, 2011)
- 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)