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Burundi’s economy continues to navigate the challenging headwinds presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the war in Ukraine.
Growth is expected to pick up to an average of about 4.7 percent over 2023-27, benefitting from ongoing investment, plans to further scale up public investment, and ongoing reforms under the Plan National de Development (PND).
Despite some progress in access to safe drinking water (60% of the population have access to an improved water source within 30 minutes), there is still a lag compared to other countries in sanitation (46% of households) and hygiene (only 6% of households). This increases the arduousness for women and children.
Uburundi M’witerambere
Africa is changing in many ways, and Burundi shouldn’t be left behind in any way, including its dairy cooperatives, markets and communes. The country is embracing modernity and Burundi is indeed moving forward.
The Uburundi M’witerambere initiative is a collaboration between SNV, the Dutch and the Burundi governments. It is part of the government’s efforts to improve agricultural production to fight against malnutrition. The main aim is to integrate hygiene in agriculture (vegetables and fruits) and the dairy value chain from production, transport, processing (dairy cooperatives) to selling.
The visual Identity was inspired by the National colours of Burundi with a progressively positive mascot moving forward. The mascot represents the hygiene component of the campaign with the stars borrowed from the Burundi flag to symbolize the sparkle of cleanliness.