Since February 2015, AOAV has implemented “Bumbatira Amahoro” (Support Peace) in collaboration with the Centre d’Encadrement et de Developpement des Anciens Combattants (CEDAC) and with financial support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).  The project brings together over 2,000 political party youth leaders, ex-combatants, and unemployed youth to […]

Since June 2014, AOAV and our local partners have implemented the Abunzubumwe (“Youth United”) project in two communes (districts) just outside of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. This project, financed in 2015 by the German Federal Foreign Office via the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), seeks to prevent youth involvement in violence through a holistic approach that […]

Since June 2014, AOAV and our local partners have implemented the Abunzubumwe (“Youth United”) project in two communes (districts) just outside of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. This project, currently financed by the German Federal Foreign Office via the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), seeks to prevent youth involvement in violence through a holistic approach that addresses […]

Since June 2014, AOAV and our local partners have implemented the Abunzubumwe (“Youth United”) project in two communes (districts) just outside of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. This project, currently financed by the German Federal Foreign Office via the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), seeks to prevent youth involvement in violence through a holistic approach that addresses […]

Since February 2015, AOAV has implemented “Bumbatira Amahoro” (Support Peace) in collaboration with the Centre d’Encadrement et de Developpement des Anciens Combattants (CEDAC) and with financial support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).  The project brings together over 2,000 political party youth leaders, ex-combatants, and unemployed youth to […]

Since February 2015, AOAV has implemented “Bumbatira Amahoro” (Support Peace) in collaboration with the Centre d’Encadrement et de Developpement des Anciens Combattants (CEDAC) and with financial support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).  The project brings together over 2,000 political party youth leaders, ex-combatants, and unemployed youth to […]

Since June 2014, AOAV and our local partners have implemented the Abunzubumwe (“Youth United”) project in two communes (districts) just outside of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. This project, currently financed by the German Federal Foreign Office via the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), seeks to prevent youth involvement in violence through a holistic approach that addresses […]

On April 25, 2015 Burundi’s current President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for a controversial third term bid. While the announcement came as no shock to most Burundians, its aftermath brought unexpected and dire consequences for many. Burundi’s opposition and civil society leaders argued that a third mandate was not only unconstitutional, but in […]

With the emergence of the current political crisis in Burundi in late April 2015, Fabrice and Jean de Dieu found their differences more pronounced than ever. Fabrice is a protest leader with an opposition political party and Jean de Dieu is a member of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Force for […]

Abibu O.G. Corneh was captured during Liberia’s insurgency in 2000 and forced to carry a weapon. Three years after the civil war ended, Abibu and his peers were occupying the Guthrie Rubber Plantation, still following orders from wartime commanders and earning money through illicit rubber tapping. Like other war-affected young men in Liberia, he had […]

AOAV operates an innovative vocational training and rehabilitation programme model in Liberia for ex-combatants and high risk youth who pose a threat to national and regional security. In partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sport, AOAV has implemented this programme in several training sites across Liberia since 2007, enabling at-risk youth to earn incomes through […]

The results of this feasibility study formed the basis of AOAV’s vocational agricultural training programmes in Liberia. Read the full study here.