OCHA Situation Report
Burundi
23 - 29 July 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES

Update on repatriation

A slight increase in the number of Burundians returning from exile is
being observed. Over the reporting period UNHCR registered a total of
1,042 returnees who arrived through the entry points of Kobero/Muyinga
province (321), Gisuru/Ruyigi province (362), Mabanda/Makamba province
(359). Eleven Burundians arrived from Zambia through the Bujumbura
airport. Since January 2007, UNHCR has registered 6,947 returnees from
Tanzania. From the beginning of the repatriation process in April 2002,
345, 893 Burundians have returned from exile.

With regards to Congolese refugees, UNHCR transferred 410 refugees from
Bujumbura to the Musasa/Ngozi province transit centre. From January to
date, 5,106 DRC refugees have been transferred to the Gasorwe refugee
camp and Musasa transit center.

Community-based association trained in agricultural techniques for
banana and cassava

On 25 July, FAO/Emergency Rehabilitation and Coordination unit (ERCU)
organized a training seminar in the province of Ngozi for 22 heads of
community-based associations in collaboration with the national NGO,
Louvain Developpement. The training focused on agricultural techniques
for the cassava and banana plants, the rapid multiplication of cuttings
and plants/seedlings as well as preventive methods to fight against crop
diseases. Participants equally shared knowledge on how to recognize
symptoms. Guidelines written in Kirundi and French were distributed to
participants who were encouraged to use them for further training
sessions with other community-based associations. This was the second
round of trainings held by FAO/ERCU after the one which was organized
for the same associations on rice and potato crops in November 2005.
These training sessions are ongoing.

Full_Report.pdf:
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