Burundi Peace and conflict prevention and resolution

"Amahoro" is the Kirundi word for peace. Founded in 1999 with a commitment to peace and reconciliation, its University of Ngozi (UNG) is uniquely situated to be a laboratory for peace-building and sustainable development and the Amahoro Project hopes to help lead the way. We recognize that economic development will suffer if violence continues and that peace will be a casualty if communities remain mired in poverty. Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, emerging from colonization and forty years of violence. Recent conflicts currently threaten the last eight years of stability but conditions in the region of Ngozi have remained peaceful for many years and that is one of the principle reasons why we are working there. Rotary Global Grants have helped to build a foundation of understanding peace and sustainability studies and then taking those lessons out into schools, colleges, universities, churches, organizations and other communities.

1. PHASE ONE FUNDED COMPLETED: AMAHORO GLOBAL GRANT #1 TO INFUSE SUSTAINABLE PEACE STUDIES IN UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS (#GG1529434)

2. PHASE TWO FUNDED: IMPLEMENTING AMAHORO GLOBAL GRANT #2 TO INFUSE SUSTAINABLE PEACE STUDIES IN SCHOOLS AND CHURCH COMMUNITIES (#GG1755935)

3. Grant Title: “SUSTAINABLE PEACE STUDIES” PHASE THREE
SUSTAINABLE PEACE BUIDING AND PUBLIC HEALTH ENHANCEMENT IN BURUNDI AND EAST AFRICA (GG2012587)