The purpose of this blog is to follow preparations and visit to REMA in Kenya and Tanzania.
REMA is a Burundian (Kirundi) word that means to comfort, console, affirm, strenghen. The organisation consists of about 6 Burundians who work with Burundian refugees. There are about 500,000 refugees from Burundi living in Kenya and Tanzania, most are in refugee camps, some are recognised by the UN, some are not.
A team of us will be going out to visit some of the projects and the refugee camps in June and July 2005.
I'll add more information about Burundi, the language, history, the problems, and an idea about what we'll be doing as part of our visit. Hopefully I should be able to do some posts from Kenya and Tanzania.
About Me
- Phil
- Summer 2005 we visited and worked with Rema Ministries to offer pastoral, spiritual and practical support to refugees from Burundi living in Tanzania and Kenya. Now that we're back, this site will be about general news and information about Burundi.
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