Community-Based Identification
We work with hospitals, local leaders, and community networks to identify people who are most in need and to ensure assistance reaches those who would otherwise be missed.
Our Work
EXODUS FOUNDATION delivers practical, people-centred humanitarian action across Burundi. We combine immediate, life-saving assistance with approaches that strengthen local systems and create pathways to long-term stability. Our programs focus on health and hospital support, shelter and basic needs, children and education, protection and social inclusion, and emerging livelihoods work.
OUR APPROACH
Institutional Partnerships
We coordinate with public institutions — especially hospitals and prisons — and with local organizations so that our actions reinforce existing systems and avoid duplication.
Targeted, Practical Assistance
Our responses are focused, timely and needs-driven: paying hospital fees that block discharge, providing emergency shelter, distributing food and hygiene essentials, and connecting people to services.
Evidence and Learning
We document who we reach and what support is provided, collect feedback and stories of change, and use that learning to improve programs over time.
Non-Discrimination & Accountability
Support is provided solely on the basis of vulnerability and need. We strive for transparency and responsible use of resources in all our work.
WHO WE SERVE
- Indigent hospital patients unable to pay medical fees
- Older persons living in poverty, isolation, or poor health
- Homeless and extremely poor families lacking safe shelter
- Children and orphans from low-income households at risk of dropping out of school
- Women facing economic or social hardship
- People in prisons and others affected by social exclusion
- Vulnerable households lacking access to hygiene products and basic services
OUR IMPACT
We measure impact by the dignity restored, systems strengthened, and futures improved — not only by numbers. Key outcomes our work produces include:
1
Immediate relief that prevents further harm
Timely payment of hospital fees, emergency food and hygiene support, and temporary shelter that prevent deterioration and enable recovery.
2
Restored dignity and social reconnection
Helping people leave medical detention, providing clothing and household items, and supporting reintegration of vulnerable people into family and community life.
3
Stronger local systems
Working with hospitals, prisons and community leaders to create referral pathways, better hygiene practices, and clearer processes so that future needs are met more effectively.
4
Foundations for longer-term stability
Linking emergency support to education, small livelihood initiatives, and referrals that reduce the likelihood of repeat crises.