Not Your Average Piggy Bank

In Kibezi, Burundi, hunger is a daily reality. “Kabezi is the area where the Burundian civil war started and ended, making it the most affected region of the country,” says Etienne Ndayishimiye, a Social Innovator from Burundi.  “It is an underdeveloped, poverty stricken and hopeless place. Many people are still suffering years later from what has…

A Note from the Director

I recently heard that 650 million Africans have yet to turn on a light. This impacted me – the simple act of flipping a switch. But following turning on a light is turning on a stove, boiling a kettle, finding your glasses easily at night, washing clothes, being able to read once the sun goes…