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A meeting in Bujumbura last Friday of the international and national humanitarian community, including donors, stressed the crucial role of aid organisations in the country’s peace process. The OCHA-organised forum underscored the importance of resuming bilateral and multilateral aid to the country, and noted it was important to recognise the existence of community-based “informal” peace processes alongside the official initiatives currently underway. “It was felt that parts of the community (eg the youths in Bujumbura, the army and the Tutsi diaspora) have not been properly contacted and sensitised and that their needs are currently not addressed,” a statement from the meeting said. It recommended that two working groups mobilise international agencies and local associations to identify community initiatives and “forgotten groups”.
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