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Annual Report This Annual Report Provides an Overview of the Work of World Vision Burundi from October 2014 to September 2015 2015 Annual Report This Annual Report provides an overview of the work of World Vision Burundi from October 2014 to September 2015 © World Vision Burundi 2015 All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form, except for brief excerpts in reviews, without prior permission of the publisher. Published by World Vision Burundi on behalf of World Vision International. For further information about this publication and World Vision International Burundi Programme please contact – http://www.wvi.org/burundi our for every child, life in all its fullness; VISION our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. ACRONYMS VSLAs: Village savings and loans associations DRR: Disaster Risk Reduction DHS: Demographic and Health survey CMAM: Community Management of Acute Malnutrition FARN: Foyer d’apprentissage et de réhabilitation nutritionnelle CSOs: Civil society organisations CSB: Corn Soya Blend EU: European Union PROPA-O: Projet pour Accélérer l’atteinte des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement. MPTF/SUN: Multi-PartnerTrust Fund/Scaling Up Nutrition CSA: Civil Society Association GMP: Growth Monitoring and Promotion OTP: Outpatient -Therapeutic Program WHO: World Health Organisation PPC: Peer Positive couples LLIN: Long Lasting Insecticide (treated) Nets ORS: Oral Rehydration Solution CLTS: Community Led Total Sanitation PMTCT: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission MCH: Mother and Child Health FBOs: Faith Based Organizations CoH: Channels of Hope MoH: Ministry of Health UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund CPAJ: Collectif Pour la Promotion des Associations des Jeunes CARE: Cooperative for Relief and Assistance Everywhere CHWs: Community Health Workers IYCF: Infant and Young Child Feeding PLWH/OVCs: People living with HIV/Orphans and Vulnerable children CCCs: Community Care Coalitions BEIP: Basic Education Improvement Plan BPSE: Bureau de la planification et du suivi-évaluation CFSVA/SMART: Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis/specific measurable achievable reliable and time-bound PPC+: Positive peer couple+ TABLE OF CONTENTS 3-Acronyms 4-Table of content, Core values 5-Word from the National Director 6- Who we are and our areas of intervention 7-Food Security and Livelihoods 8-Nutrition Sector 9-Health Sector 10-Education 11-Advocacy and Child Protection 12-12 Success stories 15-Food Assistance 16-Accountability 17-Financial Profile 18-Peace building 19-World Vision’s Gift in Kind (GIK) We are Christian our We are committed to the poor We value people CORE We are stewards VALUES We are partners We are responsive 4 | Annual Report 2015 WORD FROM THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR Welcome to our 2015 annual report! I am excited to report that, despite the geopolitical challenges our nation has faced during 2015, this year has been very successful for World Vision Burundi. During 2015, we completed the journey to implementing our 3-year country strategy and developed a new strategy that will guide our investments in Burundi during the next 5 years. At the end of our 3-year country strategy, we have a lot to celebrate! During this period, World Vision has made steady progress towards enhancing the long- term viability of our organization. The number of our long-term development programs in Burundi has doubled (from 9 in 2012 to 18 in 2015). Similarly, our annual cash budget has grown by 60 percent (from $ 8.7m to $13.8m). This growth was achieved through concerted investments towards strengthening child sponsorship programming, as well as, grant acquisition and management capacity. In our new 5-year strategy, World Vision makes a commitment to support government and the people of Burundi to address the most strategic development challenges the country faces. Specifically, our programs will contribute towards: (reducing poverty levels among most vulnerable populations; enhancing maternal and child health and helping poor and vulnerable children to access quality education; education which equips them with skills that will enable them to live productive and fulfilling lives. I would like to thank all our partners both in World Vision, as well as, our sponsors and donors for the great support you have extended to us during the past 3 years. As we begin a new phase of our journey together, I implore you to renew your commitment and support towards the nation and people of Burundi. Millions of poor and vulnerable children and women are counting on our joint efforts to save them from preventable deaths and release them from the painful shackles of extreme poverty. They will eternally appreciate your willingness to support them overcome these challenges! Annual Report 2015 | 5 WHO WE ARE World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. We serve alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people – regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. In Burundi our programmes are scattered in seven provinces out of OUR AREAS OF WORK 18 that compose the country. Our interventions include food security, health, education, child protection and advocacy, nutrition and emergency World Vision Burundi Interventions Location Map Kirundo Rwanda kj Tanzania GashohoMuyinkjga Cumba Cibitoke Gasorwe Ngozi Ntunda Buhinyuza Kayanza Cankuzo Bugenyuzi Mishiha Bubanza _ Gihogazi Cankuzo DRC _ Karuzi Muyaga MuramvyaMbuye Rutegama KigandaMushikamo Bujumbura Mairie Gitega Rural Ruyigi Mwaro Gitega Bujumbura Rural Itaba Rumonge Ruta_na Bururi Gitaba Tanzania Kinzanza Legend kj Value Chain Project _ Prevention Malnutrition Project Lakes Makamba WVB_ADPs_2015 National_Provinces Ramba_project DRC Kirakibondo PNS FFA Extension 6 | Annual Report 2015 FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD WHAT IS THE SITUATION? Burundi’s economy relies on agriculture at more than 90%. This sector is however still employing unreliable and inefficient technology; it remains dominated by subsistence farming. Land is fragmented, scarce, not fertile, overused and highly eroded when it is key to the survival of this second most densely populated country of Africa. Farmer access to quality inputs, innovative technology and quality extension services continue to be the main barrier to increase farm productivity. Burundi’s rapid population growth and long years of conflict have a role to play in the scarcity of food in the country. Since the end of the civil war that started in 1993 and lasted for more than a decade, the Government of Burundi has made significant progress in boosting national food production. However, a large part of the population still lacks access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. Ensuring that everyone has food security is therefore a high priority for the Government of Burundi. WHAT IS WORLD VISION DOING? World Vision Burundi is positioning itself more strongly in addressing these challenges above, by improving agricultural production and raising small farmer incomes and rural wages. Our project models at use, include local value chain development, Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs); food for assets; cash vouchers, solidarity chain for small livestock distribution models (goat, pig, chickens, rabbits, and ships). WVB is also piloting a varied number of interventions such as bio-fortification; fuel saving and agroforestry, erosion control and water harvesting. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FY-15 23,449 1,948 4,077 3,249 people helped to households for the most farmers report increased farmers practicing at access loans through vulnerable people owning use of agricultural and least three new farming village savings and loans small livestock with WV’s livestock quality inputs techniques after training associations (VSLAs) support Annual Report 2015 | 7 NUTRITION WHAT IS THE SITUATION? Despite a significant reduction of malnutrition in under five children that has been observed in the recent years due to joint efforts between the Burundi Government and the different stakeholders like World Vision International; and a decrease of stunting prevalence that reduced from 58% in 2010 (DHS) up to 49 per cent in the under-five in 2014 (WFP CFSVA/SAART, WFP), Burundi remains one of the 52 countries most affected by food insecurity and which is ranked among the hungriest places in the World according to the Global Hunger Index reports (2014 and 2015). The above, are the numbers of chronically malnourished children under 5 years old in the country; in other words, almost a half of all Burundian children are affected by the long lasting and irreversible consequences of stunting on their physical and mental development which put these children at disadvantage for the rest of their life (high vulnerability to child illness and mortality, poor performance in school, poor performance at work as adults). Factors behind this chronic malnutrition in Burundi are many and interconnected. High levels of poverty, high population density with a huge pressure on limited arable lands, high prevalence of food insecurity with limited access to nutritious foods, poor feeding practices combined with poor hygiene practices, high levels of infectious diseases and limited access to maternal and child health and nutrition services; have contributed to the high levels of malnutrition in Burundi. WHAT IS WORLD VISION DOING? To get rid of this situation of malnutrition, World Vision is using different project models including: promotion of access to coverage
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