Gazelle Foundation in Burundi, 08.01.11

Saturday, July 30, 2011

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Claudine Kanyamuneza, 10, remembers her siblings and friends being sick with worms due to the dirty water pond they were forced to draw from, before this clean water source was built by the Gazelle Foundation.

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(Lynne Dobson)

Claudine Kanyamuneza, 10, remembers her siblings and friends being sick with worms due to the dirty water pond they were forced to draw from, before this clean water source was built by the Gazelle Foundation.

Story: Gilbert's Gazelles travel to coach's homeland of Burundi

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Little hands often carry these jerry cans full of heavy water back to their homes after filling them. This is the hard life of Burundian mountain families. Mostly young children and women fetch the water and walk miles carrying the heavy load on their heads. But now, they have less distance to travel since the Gazelle Foundation is providing more water stations near their village homes.

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Martha Ntirandekura, Gilbert Tuhabonye's mother still lives in Songa, Southern Burundi, in a rural home rebuilt on the same property where she raised Gilbert and his brother and sisters. He escaped genocide in 1994 and now lives in Austin where he lives with his wife and 2 girls, coaches runners and manages his Gazelle Foundation.

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Martha Ntirandekura, Gilbert Tuhabonye's mother still lives in Songa, in southern Burundi, in a rural home rebuilt on the same property where she raised Gilbert. Michael Madison, Administrator of the Gazelle Foundation led the Gazelle team in a happy visit with Martha and Gilbert's family. It is Michael's 3rd trip to Burundi for the organization.

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Gazelle Foundation administrator Michael Madison exchanges a joyful glance with Gazelle project manager, Jean Bosco Ndabaniwe during the musical celebration held in Songa, the main area of the organization's development. Mr. Ndabaniwe is the Burundi project manager and implementing partner for The Gazelle Foundation who helps plan and build the water well projects.

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Gazelle teammember Vasil Kostov, lends a hand and a shovel to help the professional workers dig a trench near a water chamber of one of the newest projects built by the Gazelle Foundation. The Foundation now serves 8000 people in two rural communities in Southern Burundi.

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Fifteen Gazelles from Austin travelled to Burundi, in Central Africa to learn more about the people's need for clean water. They toured the 5 water projects, met the project manager, Jean Bosco, kneeling on right, and talked with beneficiaries of the Gazelle Foundation's water projects. Gilbert Tuhabonye, a native of Burundi, now living in Austin, founded this organization to provide clean water, better access, to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Burundians.

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These Burundian women dressed in colorful traditional fabrics to join in the celebration that the Songa community gave the Gazelle Foundation team in appreciation for the completed water projects and their commitment to built more.

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Tiyerive Rukundorwra, 8, carries home a heavy jerry can filled with clean water from one of the wells the Gazelles built in the Songa area of Burundi, Gilbert Tuhabonye's home area. Tiyerive fetches water a few times a day and is happy he has to walk less than a mile now.

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Standing on a Gazelle water collection tank, Gazelle Foundation project manager Jean Basco Ndabeniwe, center, explains water engineering to Gazelle team members Ravi Reddy (left) and Bill Marriott (right).

Story: Gilbert's Gazelles travel to coach's homeland of Burundi

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