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A project focusing on climate change adaption in Burundi encourages the local community to tackle climate issues through nature-based solutions by planting trees.
BirdLife International

The population of Burundi is more than 90% rural with a young population (44% under 15 years) and a high fertility rate, even if in decrease compared to previous statistics (5.5 per woman - DHS 2016-2017). Burundi has made significant progress in human

A project led by the IOM and Japan is building capacity for disaster response in Burundi, with displaced people being a focus area of the effort.
International Organization for Migration
WHO is helping African countries to train community health volunteers on spotting Ebola symptoms and to set up facilities for Ebola diagnosis.
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
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This climate change profile is a comparison of climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in four countries of the East African Great Lakes Region.
Cover and source: African Development Bank
The AfDB Climate Change Profile series is intended to provide a brief touch-stone reference for climate change practitioners, project managers and researchers working in African countries.
Cover and source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
This profile aims to give insight in the climate change effects and impacts in Burundi; its policies, priorities and commitments; and key climate-relevant activities that are financed with international assistance.

This resource manual and workbook of practical tools is designed to help improve efforts to respond more effectively to the increasing severity and frequency of disasters, especially within the context of local Anglican or Episcopal churches and


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