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Partner

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Date of creation : 2009
Activity : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein to assist Europeans suffering under Hitler’s oppression. Today, the IRC is an internationally recognized leader in providing relief, rehabilitation, advocacy, and resettlement for victims of oppression and violent conflict in 42 countries and 24 US cities. The IRC has worked to prevent and respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Burundi since 2005. In 2007, the IRC began integrating a Village Savings and Loan association (VSLA) component to its existing gender-based violence program. The VSLA methodology provides savings opportunities and access to loan capital through the creation of self-selected groups of women and men.
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Preventing Gender-Based Violence through the Social and Economic Empowerment of Women in Bujumbura Rurale Province

NGO Partnership

Field	Spousal Abuse
Country	Burundi
City	Bujumbura
Beneficiaries	Members of the VSLA (women and men)
Number of beneficiaries	Between 200 and 500

Context

The Project

Purposes

The supported project aims at reducing the vulnerability of women to domestic violence in the conflict-affected province of Bujumbura Rurale in Burundi, by expanding VSLA Groups and paired with a GBV intervention.
- Women’s economical empowerment through access to financial services and training on income-generating activities: expand the successful VSLA project by creating 15 additional groups
- Women’s participation status improved in household decision-making, through a discussion group series focused on the contribution of women to the household, constructive communication skills, and the importance of joint decision-making

Activities :

- Mobilize community and form new VSLA groups
- Identify and train community-based facilitators
- Train VSLA Group members
- Saving and lending activities
- Income generating and skills building seminar
- GBV Discussion groups