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After spending almost a week together with Michel Fontaine and his son Sylvain, I got some really interesting days in the tiny country of Burundi. The country surrounded by Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and borders to Lake Tanganyika.

Its setting is idyllic, its miniature Swiss alps, green forest and it is sadly that Burundi doesn't have a happier story to tell after the long awaited independence in the sixties. Four different wars (1972, 1978, 1984 and 1993/94) has made it impossible for people to contain a normal life the last thirty years. Civil war, genocide, unrest and hatred has shaken the country back and forth the last 30 years.

There is a blog in the archives about the last week together with my friends here in Burundi, and I am sure that we will meet up again. This is the first time I have been in the field together with a UN organisation and it made an impact on me. You get a tendency to complain about all the foreigners trying to make a difference on the continent, but my previous comment lacked some "real life" experiences. What WFP is doing in Burundi is vital and saves lifes. Read the blog here