BAPTIST UNION OF BURUNDI

The Danish Baptist missionaries first arrived in Burundi in 1928 and started planting Churches, building schools and health facilities. On June 6th, 1933 the organization was recognized as a non-profit organization by Royal Decree under the name of Danish Baptist Mission and after the independence in 1963 changed to the Baptist Churches in Burundi. (UEBB, in French acronym). UEBB´s prime mission is to “bring the Gospel by playing a role as catalyst for unity, being a voice of the voiceless and fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS”. UEBB is a church serving the poorest and giving voice to the voiceless in Burundi. Few of its members have a higher education. Today, the organization is initiating a participatory integrated local development approach - PILDA. The objective is to help local collectivities to take charge of themselves. With this approach, various actors are being involved to be socially accountable in the areas of intervention. UEBB has experience in receiving both returning refugees from Tanzania in their churches and refugees from the Goma/ Uvira conflict in DR Congo.