RECOVI Achievements

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RECOVI Achievements

Year : 2016

Activities carried out in 2016

The first activity was to take part in community development activities, province

Muramvya. 15 young unemployed members of RECOVI made up tiles. This was

thier own project to help them sharping with wrongdoers and unemployment.

Second Activity in 2016

In Bujumbura Rural , RECOVI brought its material and moral support to 30 victims -

children including orphans, street children and war victims. School material, educational

and social support had been offered to help them prepare the future school attendance.

Third Activity - 2016

RECOVI also took part weekly in community development activities.

Those ones were held in Muramvya, where members participated in

construction of the football stadium, road assessment, etc.

Fourth Activity in 2016Assistance to Women victims of conflicts

It was in Muramvya

province where the

representative of

RECOVI Box morally

10 Women Victims of

conflicts in that

Which Concerns

agricultural activities.

Firth Activity: Recreational activities for 80 Orphans from Muramvya

province and School material support.

RECOVI Achievements

Year : 2017

First Activity: Social and Pchological Support of Orphans and

vulnerable Women of Kiganda –Muramvya and Bujumbura Province

Sharing Meal on East

Second Activity: Training children on Burundian Culture

Burundian Young Girls and Boys demonstrated thier talent

through Burundian culture in Muramvya Province

Third activity: Training RECOVI members about the Community Savings and

Internal Credit (CECI) can provide for their needs and those of their family

Community Savings and Internal Credit (CECI) can provide life change and improve familyprosperity. This was the main purposee which pushed RECOVE to organize a specific trainingfor its members before involving community based of Maramvya so as to help themenhancing their needs and those of their families.

Fourth activity: Supporting vulnerable families of Mutimbuzi

Firth Activity: Supervising children around sport

Two team

from

Muramvya

Along with the Mental development of every person, physical

development is also which needs to be taken into consideration. Sports

is an important part of a student’s life as well. Games and Sports are an

important and essential part of a person's life. Along with the study,

Games, and Sports are also important.

Next (Gatumba)

Sports is a good exercise which makes physically strong and increases stamina andstrength. Regular sports activities make a person active and lead to good Health. Sportmake a mental awake and increases its concentration power. Various Games needsgood strategies for better performance and teamwork, so it increases thinking abilityand teaches the power of teamwork and to find a way out of difficult situations.

Sixth Activity: Sharing meal at Chrismas day

Social inclusion strategy of RECOVI improves the terms for

Muramvya Children to take part in the party happily. The RECOVI

aim was to empower those poor and marginalized children to take

advantage of sharing with others meals and rejoicing.

Seventh Activity: RECOVI celebrate the end of the year 2017

with its beneficiaries by giving them rice to share with their family.

Next: All children derseve love and affection, this is why

RECOVI put emphases on social inclusion of children.

RECOVI Achievements

Year : 2018

First Activity: Easter festivities for child orphans and

widows of the MUTIMBUZI Commune

Easter festivities were organized for child orphans and widows on Sunday, 1 April 2018 at

Maramvya. Among special Guests who responded the rendezvous, the delegations of

Association des Pioniers de Kanyaru pour le Development (APKD) and Gira Ico Ukoze Ukiri

Muzima (GIUU). The RECOVI chairman briefed the assembly their achievements since

2015, a total of more than 100 families and 150 children supported.

Second Activity: Taking part in international Gun Destruction Day -6 July of every year.

Providing education about the Consequences of Illegal Guns in theCommunities in MUTIMBUZI CommuneIn order to contribute to make our world better, RECOVI organized campaigns inwar affected areas in the Bujumbura Province. The aim was to contributeeffectively in fighting against gun violence. In those campaigns governmentofficials both from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well asthe community members joined their efforts with us. The slogan day of RECOVIwas “Say No to Gun Violence!”

Third Activity: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based

Violence Campaign

RECOVI brought its contribution in organizing campaign against issues related to

violence against women . During that campaign, we explained to communities how it

affects women across her different types of work–both in the formal and informal dearly

life sectors. The work has been well welcomed by women and girls.

Fourth Activity: Environmental Protection

On November 3 of 2018, in collaboration with ODEDU (Objective for Sustainable Development Burundi), RECOVI helped to plant trees along a large ravine that had been damaged by erosion

Fifth Activity: Leadership Training

On 2 of November 2018, RECOVI carried out training, Workshop and

Capacity Building of RECOVI staff. The training focused on the

leadership theme: "A Leader is known by how many people he

serves, and not by how many people serve him.”

Responding in trainingRECOVI was chosen from many associations in Burundi to participate in a

training workshop with the theme: "Design and Management of

Development Projects" organized by the international NGO GLOBE GREEN.

After two days of training, RECOVI Program Coordinator KWIZERA Samuel

received a certificate.

Sixth Activity: Promotion of entrepreneurial initiatives among the unemployed

From the starting of 2018, RECOVI is working in the Maramvya zone and Kanyoshato raise awareness in the households of this locality in loan and savings credit.groups This action is part of helping the population to fight against poverty andunemployment. As results, members of the Community Savings and Internal Credit(CECI) can provide for their needs and those oft heir family.

Seventh Activity: Distribution of school materials

RECOVI distributed school materials to 70 child orphans in the Kiganda

Commune of Muramvya Province in the presence of government officials and the security chief of Kiganda commune.

Eighth Activity : Social Support for Orphans in

Bubanza Province

Bubanza is a war-affected province of Burundi in which many children have

been left orphaned, traumatized, and homeless. Many don’t have hope for

their future. RECOVI is assisting 80 children orphans in Bubanza. RECOVI

still has convictions that every child has the right to grow up free from fear and from violence to enjoy his full potential in life.

Nineth Activity: International Day of Peace

September 21 -201, at 70th Anniversary of the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark

that Day, RECOVI heeded this call and placed

particular focus on the Article 3 of the

declaration which states : “everyone has the

right to life, liberty, and security of person”.

RECOVI noted that gun violence undermines

these rights. Furthermore, RECOVI used this

important occasion to highlight Sustainable

Development Goal 16.4, which seeks to

significantly reduce illicit arms flows by 2030.

New year End Celebration

During 2018,800 people including children orphans and young unemployed received training

on savings and credit. This action is apart of helping the population to fight against poverty

and unemployment. As a result, members of community savings and internal Credit (CECI)

can provide for their needs and those of their families. RECOVI launched an end-of-the-year

celebration of this achievement and distributed certificates of encouragement to honor their courage and dedication to the association

2019 Achievements

Yelow Day celebration

This wascerebrated in the way of preventingthe violence perpetrated by the proliferationof small arms.

Hygiene and Sanitation Day in Bujumbura town.These activities werecelebrated in collaboration withother local NGOs in the way of improvingthe cleaness of Bujumbura town and the beach of Tanganyika (May,2019)

Gender equalityand Small arm proliferation

Local training on GBV perpetrated by using small arms or other domescticharsement had been carried out in June2019

RECOVI Participation in ATT Annual Meeting

Girl’s Education awareness

SupportingVulnerable 100 children with schoolmaterial, North of Bujumbura Capital_Maramvya

(December, 2019)

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

December 5, 2019 on the theme “Sexual

Violence perpetrated by Armed Intimidation is an Endless Plague,

Let’s Break the Silence”, RECOVI has

again organized awareness-raising

campaigns on GBV and sexual violence

perpetrated by armed intimidation with the

collaboration of Community OutrreachBurundi (COB), a local

organization.The event involved 300

participants (student representatives)

including one police station officer), local

leaders and representatives of

local women’s associations.

2020 Achievements

CelebratingValentine daywithout GBV violence and proliferation

of small arms.

(14February,2020)

THANKSBy

Elias SIBONIYOProjects Coordinator

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