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From Humanitarian Aid to Sustainable Developement

“Where there was death, I wanted life to be born again.”-Marguerite Barankitse

In the Beginning: the emergencies

October 1993

• 25 orphaned children saved by from

November 1993

• 80 children with Maggy after a few days

1997

• 1.500 children in 3 centers opened by Maggy

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WHAT DID MAISON SHALOM DO FOR THE CHILDREN?

• Welcomed and listened• Provided food, Health care & Education• Lodging in peace homes with a supervisor and

with survival sustenance• Reintegration with the original families• Material support for host communities

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The first steps to autonomy and development

Creation of Hotels services in 1999 to employ

uneducated youngsters without families: 30 young

people employed

Training centers since 2004 for youngsters who can’t follow formal education:

2.346 young people trained in mecanics, plumbing,

dressmaking, capentry, etc.

A hospital center since 2008 (Rema Hospital, Medical

School and Maternal and Child protection center) to provide health care to poor families of the East region of Burundi: 103.000 patients treated, and

75 nurses graduated

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MAISON SHALOM TEAM, NEARLY 300 STAFF

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21 years later… a model of community-based development

A union of agricultural cooperatives to improve

the nutrition and revenue of the families:

9.000 households.

ITEKA Microfinance to fund the revenues generating activities of the farmers’

and small traders’ households: 8.397

households involved

A Hospital Center to maintain the health of

the families and enable them to work towards

they autonomy

An excellence school (kindergarden and

primary school for now) to provide quality

education from early age

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YESTERDAYS' DESPERATE CHILDREN ARE TODAY’S PROFESSIONALS…

50,000 CHILDREN!5

Maison Shalom’s work has touched more than

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WHERE IS BURUNDI?

BURUNDI

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