Noah: He lost his father while his family went to a neighboring country as refugees, and when the family came back to Burundi he ran from the refugee camp and became a street child. He came to the home with the first children. He is studying well and is an exceptional young man. Anthony: An […]
Meet the Boys – Part 2
Jayden: An ex-street child who came in as an orphan of both parents, but after three years living at the home, he confessed that he has a mother. He explained that his mother has never told him who his father is. He got angry toward his mother and decided to loose both parents and become […]
Meet the Boys – Part 1
Welcome to our Home! This is the first in a series of articles to let you see the needs being met in the boys home. The names have been changed to protect the boys’ identities. Jacob: An orphan of both parents, came to the home 6 years ago from a refugee camp in the countryside […]
Celebrating in Burundi
Update from Suzanne: 34 street women accepted to go back home and leave the street. The majority of those women were coming from the third ethnic group, Twa. At the meeting a Senator who comes from their ethnic group had been invited with another deputy in order to provide some advice to these women. I was standing […]
Construction progresses on mini-Boystown in Burundi
Construction is progressing well on the mini-boystown site in the country in Burundi
January update from Burundi
Suzanne in Burundi writes: “Thank you for all your wonderful support. Touch the Nations has been used as an instrument to take the shame off many vulnerable people in Burundi. It is really a gift to encourage us at the beginning of the year. Two of the orphan girls were very sick. Esther had malaria […]
Update: Christmas in Burundi
From Suzanne: “We rented a minibus which was circulated through different directions, picking up 128 street children and 22 street women with their children (not counted). All came to eat. We had also prepared, the day before, a small gift for each child to take with him or her, it was wonderful.” WE means the […]
Arnold is home from the hospital
Arnold, one of the Bwiza boys in Burundi, is home after 2 weeks in the hospital. He had malaria and typhoid. Very scary. Glad he’s able to take the meds at home now.
Easter in Burundi
Bwiza boys and girls in Burundi celebrated heartily on Easter by slaughtering a rooster (on their own) and eating many special foods they do not typically get. Everyone went to bed joyful and deeply satisfied.
Mini “Boystown” Construction
Building #1 was constructed in 2010. The next step is getting funds to complete the interior so it can be inhabited. Following that, a barn will be built and livestock purchased to graze the land.