Hello Nabuur community

I am pleased to share the following report from Jean-Claude, the LR in Buterere (see the attachment).

While the school project was not implemented exactly as planned, it is up and running and we are providing education to students - so we are on the way to successful completion.

However, providing education comes at a cost. Right now there is an imminent need for fundraising. the school has many pupils and expenses of 650 USD per month for:

(A message from the Local Representative, Jean-Claude)

Dear Neighbours, I am pleased to share this short report from members
of our community in Burundi.

The 10th, 10, 2010 at 10h10 a.m a meeting has been organised lead by
Local Representative of Buterere Community Jean-Claude Kamwenubusa.

The meeting was about" RADIO-CLUB: artists and farmers for Global Media
Humanitarian relief".

The theme was " YOUR POWER" but it was in swahili language "UWEZO WAKO".

This meeting was organised to think about how the local community

Hi Nabuurs!

We've had the excellent support from 2 volunteers who have been committed to drafting the blueprints for our higher school project. Please see the attached drawings and give your comments.

Thanks,
Anna
(Facilitator)

Hello everyone,

The online village has been fairly quiet lately. Therefore, I am writing this newsletter to update you all on what has been happening on the ground in Buterere, Burundi. From Jean-Claude, the LR, I have the following information:

A. Terimbere University (our higher school project)
We set up a team of 4 persons who are playing a role of Advisor to
assist us in planning for a University project. They help us to
produce best documents which will be presented to the Ministry for
approval of our University school.

With this group, we have completed the task:

Hello everyone,

The online village has been fairly quiet lately. Therefore, I am writing this newsletter to update you all on what has been happening on the ground in Buterere, Burundi. From Jean-Claude, the LR, I have the following information:

A. Terimbere University (our higher school project)
We set up a team of 4 persons who are playing a role of Advisor to
assist us in planning for a University project. They help us to
produce best documents which will be presented to the Ministry for
approval of our University school.

With this group, we have completed the task:

Two main and important updates from Buterere, Burundi.

*****MICRO SAVINGS PROGRAM:
Created by Jean-Claude, a new idea to fundraise for Buterere projects (Higher University and BCDC programs):
This program will not ask us to have money to start up, just to start mobilising local people.

How it goes:
Engagment A:
-We meet 25 members
-They donate 6 USD (during meeting)
-They will continue to do so, for a period of 9 months

Engagment B:
-Each of these 25 people will mobilise 24 new members to donate 6 USD for 9 months

Hey neighbours,

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are making great progress in Buterere! The tasks are being tackled and we are finding a lot of great information.

Right now we have a team of two qualified architects who are drafting what our higher learning school will look like. If anyone has any suggestions of what you think they should incorporate, please let me know. Any knowledge on what works for building in Central/East Africa (specifically Burundi) would be very beneficial.

Hello neighbours of Buterere!

Hello to all neighbours of Buterere!
My name is Anna and as of today I am officially the new facilitator of Buterere. I have been working with Jean-Claude over the past week to get up to speed on the project to date, learning about the goals he holds for his village as well as what has been happening thus far.