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New Generation is one of only a small number of charities working with street children (predominantly boys but an increasing number of girls in the past few years) in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi and other urban areas in Burundi. The organisation is based in Bujumbura and is staffed by Burundians, some of whom are former street boys.

"The reason we started New Generation was to see how young people, especially the street children, can work together and make our country better than it was [during the war]." New Generation was founded by Dieudonné Nahimana. In his late teens as a result of the civil war and the impact it had on his own family, Dieudonné found himself on the streets for a period and from that experience had the vision to set up New Generation.

New Generation has responded to a lack of social protection and care for street children in Burundi, by providing homes, education and re-integration back into communities. Street Children are housed in a series of homes in the Bujumbura area. In addition, where possible, children are repatriated to their home communities, often up-country in rural Burundi, many miles away from the capital where they have journeyed.

Like Umthombo in South Africa, New Generation aims to change the way that society perceives and treats street boys in Burundi. In particular they are looking to work more closely with other Street Children organisations in Burundi to provide a more co-ordinated solution to a challenging issue.

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