Testimonials
Hear from our donors, volunteers, and community members about the impact of our work.
Before, I didn't know how to use a tablet or how to store data." Pascasie Manirambona is a mother of four children living in the Muzenga Zone, commonly known as Checheni. She is a community health worker in her neighborhood. She helps raise awareness among women by encouraging them to seek medical consultations at the hospital — especially pregnant women — and she also supports savings and credit groups for women's empowerment. "Helping someone is an act of service, because everything we do, we do freely." When she began working with the Tayena Clinic, she knew she would be carrying out her mission as a volunteer. However, over time, she was able to benefit from various training programs, including how to use digital tools such as a tablet, sexual and reproductive health education, savings management, and coaching on empowerment projects — all while continuing to support women in matters of their own health and that of their children. Pascasie says she is deeply satisfied with the experience she has had with Jars of Love Community, and with the Tayena Clinic in particular. Through the awareness campaigns she conducts, she feels she is contributing to meaningful, positive change in her community.
Meet Judith Nkurikiye, who is part of our savings and internal credit groups in the Kamesa area. She started selling grilled corn and oranges on the road. With the savings and credits granted to her in her group, she was able to open a food supply store where she sells various items. It helps her support her family; now she can send her children to school too.
“I started with 5,000 Burundian francs (Fbu) by selling vegetables and farming for others, but since joining the Jars of Love Community savings groups, I’ve gradually climbed the ladder and now have over 2,000,000 Fbu,” says Geraldine Hakizimana, one of the women in the credit and savings groups established in Kamesa. She now helps other women who struggle to support themselves by offering them work in her fields and by integrating them into these groups. She told us that since she started contributing to her family’s development, her husband has also changed his attitude. Before, he often beat her, saying she brought nothing home. Geraldine has just opened a new food shop and hopes to one day build a house for her family and engage in cross-border trade. It is crucial that all women have an income for the financial growth and stability of their families.
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