Friends Women’s Association

My name is Therese. I helped a married couple who was always fighting. The wife was beaten by her husband five times. She was every time wounded. The case became beyond my capacities that I referred them to the local administration for counselling. Now the husband no longer beats his wife. They are living peacefully.

My name is Nadine. I am from the indigenous people, I was told that in our ethnic group we do not study and I was discouraged when I attended school. When I was 10th grade, I was really discouraged until I gave up. During their home visits, FWA GBV accompanists found me and advised me…

Maternity Ward Building In the month of April 2021, with the support from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), we have continued putting broth on the walls of Ntaseka clinic extension plus the control work. The next step will be the tiling of the building, installation of toilets andshowers.

I joined the SHGs and at the end of the year, I showed him the money I saved and my interest.From that moment……………………………….

My name is Desiderate; I got married at 17 in the village. After a few months my husband left me. I was pregnant and I gave birth to my baby when the husband had not yet returned home. My in-laws started mistreating me and pushed me to leave the house. I headed towards Bujumbura; I…

My name is Claire. We use these principles as the SHGs’ leaders. Through this meeting, we have learned clearly what to do and help people with non-violence but what we find is that the leaders of the SHGs need to learn about both these principles and strategies of UCP. Actually, they need to be nonpartisan…