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VIM Burundi
Mission Burundi: Here we come! Team Orientation packet in PDF_________in PPT. Economy: Agriculture supports more than 90% of the labor force, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers. Large numbers of internally displaced persons have been unable to produce their own food and are dependent on international humanitarian assistance. Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%. Health: Life expectancy--total population: 51.29 years; male: 50.48 years; female: 52.12 years. Infant mortality rate--61.93/1,000.(2007 est.) Population: 8,090,068 Capital: Bujumbura Language: Kirundi, French, and Swahili. Currency: Burundi France $1.00 = 1,173.28 BF An ethnic-based war that lasted for over a decade resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania and displaced 140,000 others internally. Only one in two children go to school, and approximately one in 15 adults has HIV/AIDS. Food, medicine, and electricity remain in short supply. A high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative capacity undermine planned economic reforms.

Put faith in action ... and the world will know us by our love

VIM Burundi

Mission Burundi: Here we come!

Team Orientation packet in PDF_________in PPT.
construction in Ruyigi

Economy: Agriculture supports more than 90% of the labor force, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers. Large numbers of internally displaced persons have been unable to produce their own food and are dependent on international humanitarian assistance.

Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%.

Health: Life expectancy--total population: 51.29 years; male: 50.48 years; female: 52.12 years. Infant mortality rate--61.93/1,000.(2007 est.)

Population: 8,090,068 Capital: Bujumbura Language: Kirundi, French, and Swahili.

Currency: Burundi France $1.00 = 1,173.28 BF

An ethnic-based war that lasted for over a decade resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania and displaced 140,000 others internally. Only one in two children go to school, and approximately one in 15 adults has HIV/AIDS. Food, medicine, and electricity remain in short supply. A high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative capacity undermine planned economic reforms.