Yes, it is Giving Tuesday and we hope you remember to consider giving to the Canadian Haley-McCready Outreach and Development Fund in 2025.
Throughout each year, our Newsletters normally focus on our agriculture and livestock development projects and activities in Burundi but toward the end of the year we need to encourage donations so we can continue to do more and do better. We know that your donations are direct investments in development for people who need it; poor and vulnerable Burundian women and their family members. We believe your donations support development that alleviates poverty and improves lives. Please consider investing in our development projects in Burundi, please continue investing in development in Burundi.
We have had another very productive year; we have been able to provide one-time grants to start 8 new agriculture and livestock development projects. Each of our 8 new projects has a project association of 10 poor women and, therefore, the projects will benefit 80 new beneficiaries and their family members estimated to be 480.
Two New Projects at Hope Africa University’s Research and Development Centres
- Cultivating Corn and Soybeans and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women from Buringa Colline, Gihanga Commune in Bubanza Province – Project Manager: Epithace NDUWAYO
- Growing Rice and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women in Rukaramu Hill, Mutimbuzi Commune, Bujumbura Province – Project Managers: Sadi BIGIRIMANA and Euphraim NDIKUMWENAYO
Two New Projects at the Kibuye Mission, Home of Kibuye Hope Hospital
- Cultivating Crops and Breeding Goats for Vulnerable Women from Kibuye Colline, Bukirasazi Commune, GITEGA Province – Project Managers: Luc NGENZEBUHORO and Denis NIYUNGEKO
- Cultivating Crops and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women from Kibuye Colline, Bukirasazi Commune, GITEGA Province – Project Managers: Luc NGENZEBUHORO and Denis NIYUNGEKO
Four New Projects in Three New Provinces, Four New Project Managers; All Graduates of the University’s Agriculture and Zootechny Program
- Cultivating Crops and Raising Goats for Vulnerable Women from Rusekabuye Colline, Musigati Commune in Bubanza Province – Project Manager: Celestin BIGIRIMANA
- Supporting Vulnerable Women in Cultivating Crops and Breeding Pigs at Mukungu Colline in Nyanza-Lac Commune in Makamba Province – Project Manager: Edyssa NIBITANGA
- Cultivating Vegetables and Raising the Goats for Vulnerable Women in Ngozi Province, Busiga Commune, Rukeco Zone and Mpondogoto Colline – Project Manager: Elysé NDIHOKUBWAYO
- Cultivating Crops and Breeding Goats for Vulnerable Women from Kirundo Province, Bugabira Commune in Kiri Colline – Project Manager: Evariste NSANZUBUMWE
Four Very Productive First Years of Development
- Our first four projects received a one-time, start-up grant in 2022
- Now we have 21 agriculture and livestock development projects
- We have 23 Project Managers and 16 are graduates of the Agriculture and Zootechny Program
- We have 213 project beneficiaries; poor and vulnerable women
- Our projects already have 81 animals; goats and pigs
- Our projects have already sold 9 animals for income-generation
- We have projects in 10 provinces, 17 communes and 19 collines
| HALEY-McCREADY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND ACTIVE/DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS | ||||||||
| Beneficiaries and Animals, November 2025 | ||||||||
| No. | Project Managers’ Names |
Province | Commune | Colline/ Location |
No. of Beneficiaries | Type of Animals |
Total | No. Sold |
| 1 | Abbie RUBUMBA (1) | Kayanza | Kabarore | Caratsi | 10 | Pigs | 9 | – |
| 2 | Abbie RUBUMBA (2) | Kayanza | Kayanza | Musave | 26 | Pigs | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Alice & Divine | Bujumbura | Nyabiraba | Mukonko | 10 | Goats | 6 | – |
| 4 | Alfred BIKORIMANA | Mwaro | Kayokwe | Gitunga | 8 | Pigs | 6 | – |
| 5 | Ange Paulette GIRIZINA | Bubanza | Gihanga | Gihanga II | 10 | Pigs | 6 | – |
| 6 | Celestin BIGIRIMANA | Bubanza | Musigati | Rusekabuye | 10 | Goats | – | – |
| 7 | Christian&Nelly SIBOMANA | Bujumbura | Isale | Nyakibande | 8 | Goats | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Divine & Sylvie | Cankuzo | Kigamba | Saswe | 10 | Goats | 10 | – |
| 9 | Edyssa NIBITANGA | Makamba | Nyanza-Lac | Mukungu | 10 | Pigs | – | – |
| 10 | Elyse NDIHOKUBWAYO | Ngozi | Busiga | Mpondogoto | 10 | Goats | – | – |
| 11 | Emmanuel & Adolphe | Cibitoke | Buganda | Kaburantwa | 8 | Goats | 4 | – |
| 12 | Epithace NDUWAYO | Bubanza | Gihanga | Buringa | 10 | Goats | – | – |
| 13 | Etienne KATABIRORA | Cibitoke | Bukinanyana | Nderama | 8 | Goats | 12 | 4 |
| 14 | Evariste NSANZUBUMWE | Kirundo | Bugabira | Kiri | 10 | Goats | – | – |
| 15 | Fabien BIMENYIMANA | Cibitoke | Buganda | Ndava | 9 | Goats | 12 | 3 |
| 16 | Luc NGENZEBUHORO 1 | Gitega | Bukirasazi | Kibuye | 10 | Pigs | – | – |
| 17 | Denis NIYUNGEKO | Gitega | Bukirasazi | Kibuye | 10 | Goats | – | – |
| 18 | Mathieu NIYONKURU | Cibitoke | Rugombo | Munyika II | 8 | Pigs | 3 | – |
| 19 | Prosper NIYONGERE 2 | Gitega | Bukirasazi | Migano | 8 | Pigs | – | – |
| 20 | Sadi BIGIRIMANA 1 | Cibitoke | Buganda | Kaburantwa Tr 5 | 10 | Pigs | 3 | – |
| 21 | Sadi BIGIRIMANA 2 | Bujumbura | Mutimbuzi | Rukaramu | 10 | Pigs | – | – |
| TOTAL | 10 | 17 | 19 | 213 | 81 | 9 | ||
Please consider giving to the Haley-McCready Outreach and Development Fund in 2025 and please consider investing in our productive, successful development that works to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of poor women and their families in Burundi.
To donate, please visit Donations – Haley-McCready Outreach and Development Fund.