Last month, Drs Ken and Kim Dernovsek and I had the pleasure of visiting UCE Burundi. We thank Archbishop Martin Nyaboho and Rev. Onesiphore Ndayizigamiye and the entire UCE team for hosting us so well during our visit. Warm hospitality, bright colors, beautiful green scenery, scrumptious fresh fish, hardworking people,...
Category: Burundi
UCE Burundi: “Chastity Message Triumphs”
During September 2018, they conducted 2 UCE outreaches with at total of 316 youth committing to chastity. One highlight was that one school they visited shared with them how they had received other conflicting messages from another group how to prevent pregnancy and STDs but decided to welcomed the UCE team....
Burundi: Inspiring Hope!
During this outreach above, the headmistress shared with the UCE team that there is a problem with female sex trafficking by the boys to traders. During the discussions, the youth also raised the same issue and other issues such as early marriages in order to be the second wives, poverty, and...
Burundi: Chastity Outreach to Couples Inspires Hope!
On December 26, 2017 the UCE Burundi team held a chastity outreach to couples. Among couples, the same issues (polygamy and early marriages) were raised as the main factors which propagate HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The UCE team encouraged the couples to avoid such behaviors because they lead to...
Burundi Gets a Boost!
The Burundi team is excited to receive a visit from the UCE Africa Director, Isaac Lema, in the month of June. In the meantime, they continue to conduct outreaches and especially minister through the radio. Reverend Onesiphore spoke on Star FM and extended an invitation that is many are waiting...
President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, commends the work of UCE Burundi
Makamba, Burundi (August 2014)- The Universal Chastity Education (UCE) team in Burundi has taken to training all sectors of society in the message of chastity. While UCE outreaches focus on youth chastity training (purity and abstinence until a faithful marriage), and regularly include couples trainings, the team, led by Bishop...
Embrace Christ as the Protector – By Bishop Martin Nyaboho, Burundi (March 2014)
By Bishop Martin Nyaboho, Burundi (March 2014)- On behalf of UCE Burundi, it is with great pleasure that I greet all of the UCE partners during this Easter Season. May the sufferings of Jesus Christ which led Him to the crucifixion, death, and resurrection become a blessing to us all....
I have kept the promise. By Nibigira Rukundo Trinita, Muyinga, Burundi (January 2014)
By Nibigira Rukundo Trinita, Muyinga, Burundi (January 2014)- My name is Rukundo Trinita. I am 27 years old. I signed the UCE Chastity Card in 2006, during the first outreaches of UCE, in the southern region of Burundi, Makamba. I have kept the promise. During my university studies in Bujumbura,...
This is a message we really need
By Bishop Martin Nyaboho, Makamba, Burundi (December 2013)- After a recent outreach one young girl shared her story with us, and we were able to help her. “My names are (withheld). I am a student at Kigamba secondary School. I grow up in my sister’s house and her husband always...
Burundi UCE Club members perform on radio, team visits university
By Bishop Martin Nyaboho, Makamba, Burundi (May 2013)- UCE Club Members from Kabizi Secondary School have been working hard to share the UCE message with other youth. The students, who have an array of wonderful talents, have been preparing poems, songs, and skits that talk about the importance of abstaining...