Youth Leaders for Inclusion and a Green Future in Bujumbura, Burundi

Association Helping People (AHP), a community-based organisation from Bujumbura, Burundi, is seeking experienced European partners for a 2027 Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Youth project.

The project aims to strengthen the leadership, social inclusion and green entrepreneurship skills of young people, particularly those facing social, economic and educational disadvantages.

Many young people in disadvantaged communities in Bujumbura, including orphans, children from widowed families and young people from low-income households, face limited access to quality education, employment opportunities and meaningful participation in community life.

Through this project, AHP aims to achieve two interconnected objectives:

1. Strengthening youth leadership and social inclusion

- Train 30 young people in leadership, teamwork, communication and community mobilisation.
- Develop young people's ability to design and lead inclusive community initiatives.
- Promote volunteering, solidarity, equal opportunities and participation in local decision-making.
- Encourage the active participation of young women and young people with fewer opportunities.

2. Promoting green entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility

- Provide practical training in green entrepreneurship and basic business development.
- Introduce young people to recycling, waste management and urban gardening.
- Support the development of small, environmentally responsible business ideas.
- Organise community volunteering activities, tree-planting initiatives and neighbourhood clean-up campaigns in Bwiza.

The project will also strengthen AHP's organisational capacity through training for youth leaders and volunteers, exchange of good practices, non-formal education methods and cooperation with experienced European youth organisations.

AHP can mobilise 30 motivated young people and widowed women, organise local workshops and community activities, and facilitate the involvement of local stakeholders in Bujumbura.

We are particularly interested in partnering with an experienced European organisation willing to coordinate the 2027 application and contribute expertise in youth leadership, social inclusion, green entrepreneurship and environmental education.

Organisation: Association Helping People (AHP)
Country: Burundi
OID: E10446848
Contact person: Omar Ndikumana