Fountain Foundation International
We believe that smart projects can empower vulnerable communities and can provide a significant impact on the communal, provincial, and national development of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and play a decisive role in addressing food security challenges in those two countries.
Empowering vulnerable communities in the Great Lakes Region
The FFI aims to provide support and necessary technical assistance to the rural communities in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. By providing support and technical assistance Fountain Foundation International aims to:
- Help farmer communities to adopt sustainable production methods;
- Enable farmer communities to be self-reliant in the production and conservation of nutritious food for own consumption;
- Help farmer communities to raise agricultural incomes;
- To expand economic opportunities for women and youth to generate income.
Our Projects in Burundi: Ensure the inclusion of marginalised group
Working with C.P.S.B will ensure that the inclusion of marginalised groups is addressed on organisational and educational level by involving Centre de Production des Semences du Burundi (“C.P.S.B”) to mobilize marginalised farmer groups to come and observe field trainings and demonstration sessions in which marginalised groups can participate. “C.P.S.B” is as centre for seed production and a famer cooperative that is focused on marginalised farmer groups. “C.P.S.B” was created to meet the growing needs of the rural farmers community to fight hunger, unemployment, lack of seeds for planting and one meal a day which is of poor quality or not enough. The following video above gives an idea of the activities of C.P.S.B
Mr. Mbonankira Charles
Our Partner in Burundi: Mr. Mbonankira Charles is the founder of C.P.S.B. Having started very small with only 1 hectare in 2008 of land and only his family labor force, Mr. Mbonankira Charles has been able to set up a cooperative society is today operating on more than 100 hectares of farm and working with over 100 employees.
Testimonials
Training the youth
Training the youth in agriculture in the rural areas of Burundi
1.10min
The importance of including the youth
Explaining the importance of including the youth who doesn’t have other opportunities, to become active in agriculture from a young age to prevent that they become beggars or criminals
6.30min
Teaching the right way of farming
Men, Women, youth and children in the villages are more than willing to learn about the right way of farming
4min
Our projects are based on Sustainable Development Goals
