"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela 

 

The Education system in Burundi is straining to cope with providing sufficient schools for a growing population of young people. Teachers and resources are scarce, and class sizes can reach a ratio of 1:100.

 

Youth for Christ Burundi seeks to raise up a generation of new leaders, and the first step is providing a good quality, well-rounded education. This is why they started the Future Hope primary schools.

 

Children at our schools learn the subjects on the national curriculum (Kirundi, French and Maths) but they also learn English (very important now that Burundi is part of the English-speaking East African Community) and computer studies.

The schools are equipped with a computer lab and a library. The books are predominantly in English and French, but as we expand, we are looking for more diverse books to allow enough reading and research opportunities for our students.