About us
Working where the need is
EMMASAC Tourism Society is a Burundian organisation working to improve the living conditions of vulnerable populations, especially orphans, vulnerable children, women and families living in extreme poverty.
Our mission
To improve the quality of life of orphans, vulnerable children and people in difficulty by providing psychosocial, educational, humanitarian and economic support, while promoting their social and economic reintegration.
Our vision
A Burundi where every child and vulnerable person lives with dignity, with access to education, protection and opportunities for a better future.
A grassroots organisation, by design
We operate at the grassroots level, with practical, community-based solutions that promote dignity, resilience and long-term development. Rather than working from a distance, we work inside the communities we serve, on the collines where families actually live.
That proximity shapes everything: how beneficiaries are identified, how support is delivered, and how we know whether it worked.
Why EMMASAC exists
Over 60% of the population of Burundi lives below the poverty line.
Over 1.2 million children are orphaned or vulnerable and need urgent support.
Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the situation of its orphans and vulnerable children is particularly serious. Faced with these realities, EMMASAC Tourism Society was created to respond to the social, economic and humanitarian challenges affecting vulnerable communities across the country.
What guides the work
- Dignity
- Everyone we serve is treated as a participant in their own recovery, not a recipient of charity.
- Proximity
- We work colline by colline, alongside communities rather than above them.
- Protection
- Children’s safety and rights come before every other consideration in programme design.
- Accountability
- We report honestly to the families we serve and to the partners who fund the work.
- Durability
- We favour support that keeps working after our involvement ends.
- Collaboration
- We work with local authorities and partner organisations rather than duplicating them.
Who runs EMMASAC
Brother Emmanuel
Chief Executive Officer
Chinedu Ndayihebeye
Finance Manager
Partner with a team that is already there
We are open to funding partnerships, in-kind support and joint projects with organisations working in Burundi and the wider region.