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Burundi
>> Regional Overview >> Burundi Overview Program Data Sheet
695-005
USAID MISSION: USAID/Burundi
PROGRAM TITLE: Supporting Implementation of the Peace Accord (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)
SPECIAL OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Foundation for a Peaceful Transition in Burundi Established, 695-005
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,000,000 DA; $500,000 CSH
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $ 4,000,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: The USAID program involves:
- technical assistance, commodities, training, and financial operations to help implement the Arusha peace accord.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will provide technical expertise, commodities, training, and operations support to: 1) promote ethnic dialogue and reconciliation; 2) improve the justice system; 3) strengthen and expand civil society organizations; 4) combat HIV/AIDS; 5) revitalize the agriculture sector; 6) provide skills training to members and officials of local organizations in various sectors and subjects to foster reconciliation, expand the democratic process, and promote social and economic development; 7) improve maternal/child health care; 8) assist orphans and war victims; 9) provide polio immunizations; 10) educate selected Burundi students at LaRoche College, Pennsylvania; and 11) support the Arusha Peace Accord Implementation Monitoring Committee.
Anticipated outputs include: 1) radio programs to promote reconciliation; 2) increased participation by Burundians, particularly women, in civil society organizations; 3) stronger, more experienced local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing services to constituents and working closely with local government authorities; 4) educational programs to increase public knowledge and combat the spread of HIV/AIDS; and 5) up to 10-15 undergraduate students enrolled in LaRoche College.
These activities will: promote public awareness of the causes and prevention of civil conflict and HIV/AIDS; educate the public in human rights, rights of women and children, and the Peace Agreement negotiated at Arusha in August 2000; support radio programming which promotes inter-ethnic harmony; and reinforces themes of health, peace, justice, and good governance; enhance the capacity of local and female-headed NGOs; reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS and provide counseling for people living with AIDS; provide scholarships to Burundians who can contribute to the country's recovery; renew the agricultural base of the economy; and rehabilitate war victims, sustain displaced children, and facilitate the peaceful return of refugees and ex-combatants.
As implementation of the peace accord evolves, and because USAID's objective is short term, the Burundi program will also evolve.
SUBMISISON OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSISTUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use funds to expand ongoing activities into more provinces outside Bujumbura, support the transitional government, assist in the process of reintegration of displaced people and ex-combatants, provide humanitarian assistance as needed, continue to send the message of peace and reconciliation, improve the justice system, and combat HIV/AIDS through social marketing and education. The desired result is to establish the peaceful coexistence of Burundians. The current strategy is scheduled for completion by FY 2003. This strategy will be reviewed in FY 2002 for extension and possible modification. A new notification for FY 2003 will be provided, if applicable.
Performance and Results: The majority of development assistance has promoted ethnic and civil reconciliation through local NGO capacity building, dialogue, and information dissemination. At the end of the reporting period, 85% of Burundians had access to unbiased radio programming produced by the private radio station, Studio Ijambo, which was equipped with state of the art digital equipment (funded partially by USAID). A series of 23 new programs on current affairs were produced. These are also disseminated on the World Wide Web to reach the Burundian diaspora. Every week 16 hours of original programming are broadcast. Programs deal with current topics in a factual, truthful way, counteracting a political culture characterized by rumor, threat and distortion. Weekly segments of a soap opera present the story of a family facing daily challenges brought on by insecurity, HIV/AIDS and poverty, and how it deals with these challenges in a non-confrontational way.
In Bujumbura, 300 women's groups received training and engaged in dialogue promoting reconciliation and pan-ethnic understanding. USAID-supported civil society activities were also expanded from the capital into the provinces. Seventeen local civil society organizations were trained in participatory management and development activity design, and received funding for micro-projects in their communities. Eighteen rural communities were surveyed to identify civil society organizations and their needs, 565 adults were enrolled in 10 literacy centers, and two community schools and two clinics were rehabilitated. In addition, conferences, youth concerts and sporting events promoting ethnic harmony were organized. To help combat HIV/AIDs, 1.45 million condoms were distributed.
Two conferences were organized on the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission. Conferees recommended that such a commission be composed of both Burundian and international members and be located in Burundi. USAID financed the publishing and distribution of a review of precedent setting law cases for use by judges. A human rights association of 10 lawyers has been set up, with the goal of providing pro bono services for human rights cases.
It is expected that USAID partners will exert a positive influence on the reconciliation process, expand their presence in rural provinces, and help correct the imbalance of resource allocation between Bujumbura (Tutsi) and rural (Hutu) areas. The program will help restore confidence in the future for Burundians through support for dialogue and mediation, peace and reconciliation groups, independent media and civic/legal advocacy training, revitalization of the rural economy, and improvement of health services.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: Prime grantees include: Search for Common Ground, the International Human Rights Law Group, Africare, CARE, World Vision, World Food Program, Concern Worldwide, Catholic Relief Service, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gruppo Volontariato Civile, International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps, Solidarites, Medecins sans Frontiers, United Nations Children's Program, and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. A subgrantee to the International Human Rights Law Group is the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
695-005 Foundation for a peaceful transition in Burundi established CSH DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 0 3,500 Expenditures 0 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 0 0 3,500 Expenditures 0 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 3,500 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 500 3,000 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 500 3,000 0 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 4,000 0 Future Obligations 0 4,000 5,000 Est. Total Cost 500 11,000 8,500
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