As a grassroots organisation in Burundi working with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), REAVI-Baho is dedicated to providing women with the psychological, emotional and social support they need to rebuild and improve their own lives. Based in Kamenge, Burundi, the organisation works to empower extraordinary, resilient and strong women who have faced SGBV to create a community where these women feel supported and were everyone works together to end violence against women.

REAVI-Baho has been working to support survivors in transforming them into leaders who can become economically independent and contribute to the country’s development. The organisation supports survivors of SGBV by providing them with life skills training, individual and group counselling, referrals for professional medical, and legal support. The also provide childcare, health and educational services to children born from acts of sexual violence.   

The Global Women’s Project is involved in funding a range of services through the Reavi Baho Center, with a particular focus on a holistic support program for single mothers who are victim-survivors of sexual abuse and assault. These women are often ostracized by their communities and families and receive very little support.

Our program offers full time childcare for their children during the week (which also includes meals, education and healthcare) so that these resilient women can participate in the labour market through individual small businesses or paid employment that can in turn help them to support themselves and their children. The program has also offered vocational training in the past, including support to set up a basket weaving program that provides single mothers with the skills to make and sell these items in local markets.