The Government of Canada, through Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, funded YOWLI BURUNDI with an amount of CAD dollar 20,000.00 to conduct a project that aims at equipping 60 rural indigenous young women (Batwa) with comprehensive skills and opportunities enabling them to play a role and account for their stake in the community-level development through activities pertaining to gender empowerment and implementation of the African Union Agenda 2063 as well as the Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
Specific objectives were: