MAMAS FOR BURUNDI ASSOCIATION

Legal recognition: Approved by the Ministry of the Interior, patriotic training and communal development by ministerial order : N°530/1460 du 29/10/2018 Physical Address: Mamas For Burundi Association (MAFOBA), 14eme avenue, numéro 5, Quartier Mirango II, Zone Kamenge, Commune Ntahangwa, Bujumbura-mairie. BP : 3300 Bujumbura II/Burundi, Telephone : +257 79-36-77-50,+257-75-76-11-07 E-mail : info@mamasforburundi.com, site web: www.mamasforburundi.com

Vision: Dream Become a flagship organization in Burundi and in the region of the East African community with a strong, stable and dynamic structure, capable of giving impetus to change in our community and influencing the policies of our country, taking into account in all spheres and by all actors in order to promote and consolidate peace and sustainable development.

Mission: A Burundi in which his people act together to collectively combat injustice, social inequality, violence in all its forms, racism and discrimination particularly with regard to the woman and the girl and commits to The eradication of these and the education of citizens as well as the fight against ignorance to build a peaceful and decent society

Objectives:

  • Mobilizing women and girls for local entrepreneurship through income-generating activities (IGA)
  • Promote sustainable development
  • Support the development of village communities in their projects concerning water supply and their use
  • To support, train and raise awareness of young girls and women for their empowerment
  • Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of Burundian communities and prevention and combating sexual and gender-based violence (VSBG)
  • Lead advocacy and actions aimed at citizen education, peace, and non-violence
  • Popularizing the integration of the environmental dimension into the economic concept of gender and gender.

Main strategies/Activities: Component/Economy: Mobilization of women and girls in local entrepreneurship. Strengthening income-generating activities (IGA). Extension on the integration of the environmental dimension into the economic and social concept of gender and betting. Awareness of the spirit of creativity among young girls and women for their empowerment in order to fully ensure their basic social needs (water, health, education,) and to abandon the sex trade. Component/Health: awareness-raising and outreach on prevention and control of infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS... Sensitization on the promotion of sexual and reproductive health for young girls and adolescents, and on sexual and gender-based violence (VSBG) component/development: awareness-raising and support for development actions aimed at Village communities in their projects in particular those of the drinking water supply and its rational use. Strengthening and encouragement of local community-interest initiatives component/training: training, information, awareness and equipping of young girls and women on their empowerment. Advocacy, Animation of conferences, campaigns, forums, symposia... On various educational themes and on peace, poverty alleviation, access to safe drinking water and responsible citizenship. Component/Support: community awareness of self-care and active participation in the search for sustainable solutions to the community issues affecting them, component/capacity building: Staff and members of MAFOBA, civil society on the implementation of debt alternatives, strand/new technologies: To ensure access to new information and communication technologies to particularly rural and vulnerable persons remote from Urban centres (cities). Or chiefs of the provinces and the capital/Bujumbura.

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