Sponsor a child,
Change a life!
For $50 a month
you can provide
shelter, education,
food and clothing
in a loving environment
for one young person
in Burundi.
Make a difference
Today!
Spend a week,
a month or a year
at one of Burundi YFC's
projects and experience
what God is doing first hand!
Contact Burundi YFC
Bujumbura, Burundi
Office number:
(+257) 22 21 0440
Mobile number:
(+257) 78 85 3029
E-mail:
freddy@burundiyfc.org
About Us
Youth for Christ International started in the 1940's as a response to the needs of young people. Starting in the US, it has now become a worldwide organization transforming the lives of young people. It's first full-time worker was Billy Graham. Currently, YFC works in almost 80 countries. Youth For Christ, Burundi, was pioneered in 1998, under the leadership of Freddy Tuyizere, after he was inspired by the YFC Africa vision of "Generation 21". This vision sees the hope for Africa in training the youth to be leaders of integrity. Freddy continues to lead the organization, concentrating much of his time in the development of the Center and orphanage at Gitega while Euphrate Ndayizigiye manages the office which is situated in the captital city, Bujumbura. Burundi YFC was officially chartered at the international conference in Brazil, in 2003.
Burundi Youth For Christ operates within the continent wide vision, called 'Generation 21', which is a call to leadership across Africa to be God's catalyst in faithfully developing a pan-African generation of young people who will be characterised by: