The Day an Innocent Father Came Home
Innocent, his wife stand with some of their kids After months behind bars Innocent is finally home. Wrongfully accused of stealing a phone, he was imprisoned despite there being no evidence against him. While he waited for justice, his wife and their eight children paid the highest price. With no income and no certainty that her husband would ever return, Innocent's wife faced impossible choices. She sold their only goat to buy food. A neighbour had generously lent the famil
Loan Sharking Eradicated Among Members of Kirundo Cells
In Kirundo Commune, many vulnerable families face a harsh reality. With no access to formal banking services, even small emergencies push them toward loan sharking; informal lending systems, where they become trapped in cycles of debt and exploitation. Photos: Some of the development cell members in Kirundo gather for saving and loan sessions Beneficiaries of this region, bordering Rwanda, are largely dependent on subsistence agriculture. Yet livelihoods remain fragile. Prol
Health Insurance Cards Ease Burden for Vulnerable Families in Busoni
In an internally displaced persons (IDP) site in Busoni near the Rwanda border, access to healthcare has long been a struggle for families living on the edge of survival. For many, daily income barely covers food, leaving little or nothing for medical expenses when illness strikes. A recent distribution of health insurance cards by RESTOBU is beginning to change that reality for some of the most vulnerable residents. Euphrasie, a returnee from a refugee camp abroad, says the
