BURUNDI'S HEALTH SYSTEM IS UNDERDEVELOPED AND STILL LITTLE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GREAT MAJORITY FROM THE MOST PRECARIOUS CLASSES
The right to health is preparatory to the fight against poverty and offers the possibility of directing the way towards the objective of an integral development of the person.
The construction of the Health Center Sainte Marie-Josephe Rossello, now completed for a basic activity, highlights the health problems of a vast portion of the Burundian territory and the Archdiocese of Bujumbura.
The adaptation to qualified clinical functionality, the installation of suitable hospital equipment and the professional riqualification of nursing staff could represent a real qualitative leap : it would indeed be the definitive offer of this right to maternity, mother and child, hitherto denied, or exposed, in the best of cases, to the risks of a more complete vulnerability.
AT THE ORIGIN OF AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT:
The idea of developing an ambitious and decisive project finds its genesis from the meeting that Mr. Venuste Niyongabo, President of the nascent "VENUSTE NIYONGABO FOUNDATION", FVN, had with CATHORIC Sister Médiatrice Ndayisenga, Superior and Head of the Health Center Sainte Marie-Josephe Rossello at Kanyosha zone area , which occurred during her trip to Burundi in the summer of 2022.
Mr. Venuste Niyongabo, inspired by the solicitations of the Superior and Head CATHORIC Sister, Local, reinforced his belief that the medical personnel, although sufficiently qualified, would only be able to carry out basic surgical operations, if they could have access to equipment capable of developing an action of radiological diagnosis and analysis.
On his return to Italy, in Bologna, Mr. Venuste Niyongabo shared the idea with Mr. Fabio Gentile, President "Amici di Beatrice" ODV, noting the immediate acceptance of the purchase of medical equipment and the possibility of organizing experience sharing seminars as well as training sessions for health professionals.
THE PROJECT IS PRESENTED BY:
ASSOCIAZIONE “AMICI DI BEATRICE”, ODV has been operating for more than 24 years for the dissemination and direct aid to the needs of the poor and to affirm the human rights to health and fight against poverty.
The FVN is a non-governmental organization under Burundian law, which was approved by ministerial order number 550/3206 of August 11, 2022.
"VENUSTE NIYONGABO FOUNDATION", FVN, was born as a humanitarian organization with the aim of working for the promotion of quality education, good health and integral human development with special attention to vulnerable people
With this project, we want to draw your attention to individuals, sports institutions, organizers of sporting events, religious and non-governmental communities, private sectors for the collection of funds, materials and equipment to be allocated to health care… because we believe to give a significant boost to the improvement of the "right to health" of the local population and the State of Burundi.
