After being in my town, the South Carolina joined Harvest for Christ doing other mission work. They spent some time with the Batwa. The Batwa are also called bushmen or pygmy. Have you seen the movie "Gods Must Be Crazy" or its sequel? It was about a tribe of bushmen. There are mainly three tribes in Burundi...the Hutu, the Tutsi, and the Batwa.
The Batwa are the minority. According to the CIA's website, they represent about 1% of the population. They are the poorest tribe and are often oppressed. Jeremy and Nadia visited a Batwa village or area, and someone said to them, "Oh...you must come from the Batwa in Canada. That's why you are helping them."
The Batwa are in need of housing. Sherry told me that mothers and fathers will share a room with their children. Since the children witness their parents having sex, they may have sex with each other at early ages. There has been imbreding in some villages, and it has caused problems in the Batwa population. So, Harvest for Christ is working with Burundians by building two room houses for some of the Batwa. The group from South Carolina was able to work on the houses during their time in Burundi.
The children's home I live in has children from all three tribes.
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