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Association Saemaul Undong Burundi

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Biodiversity Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture De-mining Development Disabled Persons Disarmament Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Industrial Development Information Intellectual Property International Security Justice Labour Media Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights Peace and Security Population Private Sector Refugees Safety Science and Technology Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Sustainable Development Torture Trade and Development United Nations Funding United Nations Reform Values Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Research The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: Morbidity and mortality Population growth Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Civil registration systems Crime and criminal justice statistics Disability Statistics Environmental Accounts Household Statistics Poverty statistics Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Land management Major Groups Mining Mountains Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Trade and environment Waste (hazardous) Waste (radioactive) Waste (solid) Waste Management Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution NEPAD: Agriculture and Food Security Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development) Economic and Corporate Governance Human Development Regional Integration and Infrastructure
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Uganda United States of America Burundi South Sudan Kenya United Republic of Tanzania
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	A global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to saving lives and ending poverty, basically, we are an organization seeking community development and modernization. It is an organization ready to poverty. This ideal is not limited to individual lifestyles, but relates to the whole of community.It means working hand and hand . the right ways. It cannot be done alone. We must stand up so that we can move forward. We seek a world of hope, social justice and tolerance , where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security. We works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. our Focus We put Youth, women and girls in the centre because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities, with principles of independent of political, commercial, military, ethnic or religious we promotes the protection of humanitarian space. We provide assistance on the basis of need, regardless of race, creed or nationality addressing the rights of vulnerable groups, particularly women and girls We focus on emergency, rehabilitation and long-term development project SMU Burundi follows a set of. SMU's principles are aligned with those of many other humanitarian agencies, and include: Promote empowerment Work in partnership with others • Ensure accountability and promote responsibility Address discrimination Promote the non-violent resolution of conflicts Seek sustainable results with our giding spirits diligence self-help and cooperation
Year established:	2009
Year of registration:	2010
Organizational structure:	Saemaul organization chart is a compound of 5 regional offices within 17 provinces and has 117 offices in small cities. 5 Members associate to saemaul leaders Central council such as saemaul woman’s club,Saemaul corporation, SMU factories in villages, Min- libraries in villages, SMU micro finances in villages.At national levels We have 3 types of members: Full members,Associate members and individuals or Associations sharing the same vision.
Number and type of members:	SMU has decided now to operate as worldwide initiative our members organization chart is Confederation of Members, Affiliate Members and Transitional Members regulated by a common Code. It is governed by: The Council, the highest authority of SMU, which serves as a representative forum for the diverse, worldwide membership of SMU; and The Supervisory Board, an independent body charged with strategic, operational, legal and financial oversight and advancing shared global priorities. The Supervisory Board members include the SMU International Supervisory Board meets quarterly, and the Council meets annually
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Non- governmental organizations and non-profit organization (NGO) working with Forum of civil society, KOREA SAEMAUL UNDONG CENTER,COSOME, FOCODE, APRODH,Maison Shalom, TWITEZIMBERE, UNDP,UNESCO, Red cross, Caritas Burundi etc,
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Grants from Governments Funds from Religious Institutions Other sources Product sales and business services Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Fundraising campaigns
Funding structure other:	associates

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