Bwiza Home, Burundi: PAINT! These pictures show how it was necessary to repaint the Children house. You can see yourself the change after repainting the walls inside.
Happy
Thanks to your support, we were able to help a young girl from Burundi to receive medical care for her legs. A few weeks ago, our team brought little Happy to Ngozi province in the north of Burundi to have a much needed operation. Several doctors came to Burundi from other countries to treat different […]
A Plan to Help the Burundi Widows
We have posted several times about the fire in the central market of Bujumbura, and how it has devastated the lives of the widows whom Touch the Nations supports. We’re excited to report from Suzanne in Burundi that a plan has been formed to help get the widows back on their feet: I came home […]
Burundi Fire Aftermath – We Need Your Help
We posted last week about a huge fire in the central market in Bujumbura which has devastated the country. Many of the widows we support had small businesses which were destroyed in the fire. In many cases, these women have bank loans that they cannot repay because their businesses burned, and now they have no way […]
Huge Fire in Burundi’s Largest Market has Devastating Results
During the early morning hours of Sunday, January 27, the central market in Burundi’s capital burned to the ground. The market was the epicenter of the nation’s economy, and it will take time to recover. Many of the widows who are supported through the ministry of Touch the Nations lost everything. From Suzanne in Burundi: […]
It was like I got another strategy to save the children from the street
In March we reported on Suzanne’s work helping widows and their children to get off the streets. This began last Christmas when she and the boys at the Home invited street women and children for a meal. She continued meeting several of the women and was deeply touched by their life stories. Here is an […]
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
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.
