Le Collectif des Associations et ONGs Féminines du Burundi (CAFOB)

Le Collectif des Associations et ONGs Féminines du Burundi (CAFOB) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization created in 1994 under the initiative of 7 women’s organizations and with the support of the Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI). It was registered with the Ministry of the Interior January 20, 1997. It is composed of 63 associations acting in different sectors of development.

CAFOB is also active in working with refugees and IDPs. It is a member of the African NGO Refugee Protection Network (ANRPN) and has a national plan of action which it carries out in collaboration with other national NGOs. This plan includes:

• Visiting refugee camps in Tanzania (these visits aim to identify the problems that refugees face, including concerns of security, reception and social and professional reintegration, with a view to orienting the actions of those who are involved in return and reintegration);
• Lobbying and advocacy with political decision makers on questions of reception conditions and reintegration, with a particular emphasis on the access of women and girls to property;
• Advocacy for particular actions in favor of vulnerable groups such as widows, the handicapped, and minors having difficulties with the law;
• Media actions.

CAFOB also responded to the attack on Gatumba refugee camp in August 2004, which killed more than 160 Banyamulenge Congolese refugees in Burundi, by denouncing this crime and contributing humanitarian aid to survivors.

Contact:

Concilie Gahungere
Coordinatrice du CAFOB,
Collectif des Association et ONG Feminines du Burundi
Avenue de la Mission no 26
PO Box 561
Bujumbura
BURUNDI
Phone : 257 217758
Cell : 257 0831526 (mobile)
Fax: 257 218409 (bureau)
E-mail: cafob@cbinf.com