Burundi Education Fund

On this please consider donating to the Burundi Education Fund. Your donation can make a huge impact on the students we support!
Click on the link to donate: http://www.educateburundi.org/donate/

The students are enjoying their lunches on new tables and benches that were donated!

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-06-06/uganda-re-imposes-lockdown-to-beat-back-covid-19-case-surge

This new lockdown will definitely have another terrible impact on school refugee children. They had just restarted attending school and having easier access to food ...

Uganda Re-Imposes Lockdown to Beat Back COVID-19 Case Surge US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.

Enjoying Porridge before classes starts at Nakivale Refugee Camp

Burundi Education Fund, Inc. - supporting Basic Education for Burundi Refugee children in Rwanda and Uganda since 2016.

During the major Covid-19 crisis (March-October 2020), we were able to keep 787 refugees from starvation, 534 were children and young adults.

As life comes back to normal, children are back to school. With your help, we will continue to pay their school fees, provide food (100 children at Nakivale Refugee Camp, Uganda) at school, and give access to medical care to both school children and their parents.

To all my friends and the Friends of the Burundi Education Fund, Inc.
Thank you so much for your generous donations this year!
If you haven’t done it yet, there is still time to send in your tax deductible gift for the year 2017.
You can donate online at
http://www.educateburundi.org/donate/
Or write a check to the Burundi Education Fund, Inc and
Mail to: Catholic Foundation, PO Box 23001, Green Bay, WI 54305-3001
All the gifts will be used to support the education for the Burundi refugee children outside the refugee camps in Rwanda and support their families in desperate need food and shelter.
$80/month: average cost of housing (2 rooms)
$120/month: average cost of food for a refugee family of 6
$100 a year, a Burundi refugee child can attend Elementary School
$450 a year, you cover the cost of the tuition fees, room and board at good Catholic Secondary School.
In 2017, about 300 children received hope from you. Please be generous so that we can help 350 children this year and support 30 families with shelter and food.
Merry Christmas and God Bless You!

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http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/education/2015/10/15/lourdes-homecoming-king-queen/74008398/

International students voted Lourdes' royalty Two Lourdes Academy students originally from Burundi were voted homecoming king and queen

Nice family doing great work to build wells in Africa. Check out their page at https://www.facebook.com/PaperForWater?fref=ts

http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2015/10/17/charitable-girls-lead-workshop/74068094/

Charitable girls lead workshop Katherine and Isabelle Adams show the origami skills they've used for charity.

Thanking the following companies, individuals, and families who sponsored holes at the recent golf outing in support of Burundi high school students in USA:
1. Fox Valley Hematology and Oncology:
http://www.fvho.org/
2. Atlas Coffee Mill-
http://www.atlascoffeemill.com/
3. Tim Brown-
http://www.brownfamilydentistry.com/
4. Greg Herlihy: https://service.thrivent.com/apps/locate/FADirectAccessAction.do?greg.herlihy
5. Stonehaven Wealth & Tax Solutions, LLC.
6. The Thiel Family
7. Malcore Foods, Inc.
8. eVapor of Appleton
9. The Jodarski Family
10. The Lauer Family- https://twitter.com/amandalauer23
11. Maria Diez
12. The Mantey Family
13. The Murphy Family

Big "Thanks" to all the golfers! See you next summer for another round of fun golf...

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Burundi news 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/world/africa/burundis-catholic-church-pulls-support-for-elections.html

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/burundi.catholic.church.and.eu.withdraw.election.support.citing.intimidation/54935.htm

Images of Burundi violence 2015.

https://www.google.com/search?q=burundi+violence&biw=1600&bih=799&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=zHRoVau1OIKOyASVh4Fg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg =isch&q=burundi+violence+2015

Burundi’s Catholic Church Withdraws Support for Elections The church said it would withdraw its priests appointed to help organize elections next month that are at the heart of the country’s upheaval.