Like many other countries in Africa, there are child sponsor programs in Burundi, given the serious issues with children living in abject poverty with chronic malnutrition and contagious diseases rife. Most are dependent on foreign aid to survive.

11% of all children in Burundi die at birth, with 19% dying before their fifth birthday, one of the highest child mortality rates in the world mainly due to malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia. Many who are born alive are already infected with HIV/AIDS. Burundi is home to 3,733,000 children, 15,000 of who have AIDS, with a total of 120,000 orphaned by the illness.

Below are a few charities that you can contact to sponsor a child in Burundi.