13 December 2010, Rumonge - Daily life in a Villages Ruraux Integrées (VRI). The houses seen here were built by the government to house the internally displaced persons returning to Burundi mainly from Tanzania between 1972 and 1993.
FAO Project: OSRO/BDI/906/SWE - Supporting rapid reintegration of internally displaced persons to their communities in the Provinces of Bururi, Makamba, Rutana, Ruyigi, Cankuzo and Muyinga. The main objectives of the project are the following: to reinforce and rehabilitate coordination of emergency agricultural aid to ensure food security; Maintenance of food security through the use of an Early Warning System for Food Security (SAP-SSA) and a Strategic Framework for the Classification of Food Security (IPC); Increasing accessibility and availability of seeds and agricultural inputs as well as promoting conservation and transformative infrastructures; Rehabilitation of the ecosystems of high potential (marshlands) utilizing better management of water in areas under high demographic and land tax pressure; Diversifying sources and quality of foods and increasing revenue sources for vulnerable households through small livestock farming and fruit and vegetable gardens.