(Welcome to/Peace Burundi)
I'm an expat-brat from the UK, currently studying International Affairs in Geneva and desperate to go back to Africa. Fortunately the good people at the Advocacy Project and Survivor Corps (on which more below) have given me an opportunity to do just that! I will be working in Burundi, possibly the least-studied country in Africa after Central African Republic, helping Survivor Corps with their work with female ex-combatants who have been victims of gender based violence. And if that leaves me any time to spare, I'll be doing my best to get out and about in the country, learning as much as I can en route, as well as pursuing my long-held ambition to get DRC passport stamps. Visit to keep up with what I'm doing!
If you want to donate to support my work and Survivor Corps in Burundi, please visit my Advocacy Project profile at http://www.advocacynet.org/page/lgordon
Better late than never, here are a couple of videos that I shot at the disarmament ceremony I visited - you can read my description of the ceremony here. This one is a clip of a traditional Burundian women’s dance, performed by one of the best groups in the country. The musicians are in pink shirts on the right of the screen, although the women are (slightly incongruously) blowing the whistles.
