Local context

The 12 years of civil war (1983 through 2005) reaped catastrophic consequences on Burundian society and, specifically, on the fields of health and education.

Sports, officially promoted by the authorities as the best vehicle for both reshaping social links and for promoting dialogue in this difficult period coming out of the crisis, will play a crucial role in the reconstruction of Burundi’s social fabric.

Programmes implemented

• Training programme for students in the Physical and Sports Education Institute (start date : January 2009)
  The goal, on the one hand, is to incorporate into the curriculum for sports students, an approach that is specifically “SPA’s: in support of children post-violence”. On the other hand, the aim is to involve these students – who represent a dynamic asset for their country – into efforts to improve civil society.

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• Programme to reinforce the sports movement (start date : December 2008)

  Sport Without Borders' goal is to build capacity and offer skills to those actors already working in athletics, and to foster mass participation in sports activities through an offering of structured APS activity sessions.

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• Support programme for local child-help organizations

  This programme aims to equip partner associations with complementary psychosocial support tools for their work with at-risk children (victims of conflict, AIDS victims, street children…).

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• Support programme for youth movements

  The heart of this programme is the mobilization and strengthening of Burundian youth movements and, more specifically, youth groups – one of the first spaces in which group dynamics for youth are formed in the country. 

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