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A spot of relief for students and refugees
18 Jan 2006 In Kasulu District in north-western Tanzania, UNHCR's community-based approach supports both the local Tanzanians and Burundian refugees with a new water and sanitation project. The construction of two blocks of toilets and four water points not only allows the students of Kimwanya Secondary School to maintain good hygiene, but also enables Burundian refugees to have a comfortable stop-over, when they pass by on the voluntary repatriation convoys. -
Former refugee offers sympathetic welcome home to Burundian returnees
11 Jan 2006 Tatien Ndajujuta spent 10 years of his life in exile with his family, before returning to his homeland, Burundi, where he now receives returning refugees on behalf of the UN refugee agency. -
Teenagers celebrate New Year in Burundi after returning home from Rwanda
3 Jan 2006 Two teenage Burundian refugees are celebrating the New Year back home in Burundi with their families after returning from half a year unaccompanied in exile in Rwanda. -
UNHCR transfers newly arrived Congolese refugees to camp in Burundi
28 Nov 2005 They arrived with tiny bundles, wrapped in strips of torn cloth, but things started to look up for the latest group of refugees to flee fighting in the DRC when the UN refugee agency transported them to an established camp in northern Burundi. -
Nansen award winner asks "Why is there no money for Burundi?"
3 Nov 2005 The winner of this year's Nansen Refugee Award, Marguerite Barankitse, has called on donors to show more generosity towards Burundian returnees, and accused the international community of not taking her country seriously as it attempts to carve out a path towards a peaceful future. -
Funding crisis threatens return hopes of thousands of Burundian refugees
28 Oct 2005 The UN refugee agency warned on Friday it will have to reduce or even suspend its biggest voluntary repatriation in Africa unless it quickly receives the money it has been calling for to help hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees return home. -
Refugee 'special envoy' checks out situation back home in Burundi
27 Oct 2005 Thirty-three years after fleeing war in Burundi, Joyce Uwimana is making a brief trip home - one of ten refugees chosen as "special envoys" by thousands of her compatriots in Tanzania who are now eagerly awaiting her appraisal of what life is like in their homeland. -
Transit site closes in Rwanda as last Burundians leave
9 Sep 2005 A year after it received the first of hundreds of refugees from Burundi, Gikonko transit site in southern Rwanda has closed as the refugees either opt to return home with UNHCR assistance or to move to a nearby camp. -
Casting the net wide to help Burundi's returnee communities
22 Aug 2005 In an innovative project to help Burundian returnees reintegrate, UNHCR is providing seed capital to fishing communities on Lake Tanganyika, allowing them to improve their livelihood and diet. Once repaid, the money will be reinvested into other projects to help the returnees and their neighbours.