Friends Women’s Association   APRIL 2023 Report

I married an orphan husband. He promised me to live happily and He used to say that I am all He has. After 4 year, he started dating other women. I lived in the village and He was in Bujumbura.One day……………………….

This workshop heals us. I had a plan that my wife will no longer see my money but, after these three days due to the couple’s discussions we decided to change especially me as her husband. We will discuss together what concerns finances. We have 9 children and I told my wife that the education…

DECEMBER 2021 Report I married a woman but she did not respect me. She frequented the bars to drink beer every day. A woman who drinks and comes home late deserves to be beaten for little correction; I beat her and we quarreled every day. To punish me well she became pregnant with another man…

Women’s Economic Empowerment Center WEECThe Women’s Economic Empowement Center (WEEC) is a new project that the FWA has started in th emonthe of Jul 2024 under the support of the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams). The aim is to avail training rooms and a temporary safe shelter for gender-based violence…

“I was born into a family of an irresponsible father who sold all our fields for no reason. When one of her children was sick, instead of paying for medical expenses, he used to say: “the pit to bury him is already available”My mother was dead; He had another wife and continued to give birth…

Although we still need medical equipment, we have started to have new born babies at Ntaseka clinic.