The Ministry for Peace and Reconciliation Under the Cross (Mi-PAREC) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1996 by the alumni of a training in Peaceful Conflict Resolution and integrated development. Mi-PAREC was accepted by the ministerial ordinance n°530-114 on February 21, 2002.
The association was founded in order to promote peace and reconciliation in Burundi first, then in the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, DRC) and finally in the whole world.
Mi-PAREC Headquarters in Gitega
Mi-PAREC is composed of members animated by a sacrificial spirit and volunteerism, who focus on social aspects in order to help the marginalized, such as displaced persons, repatriates, demobilized combatants, people affected by the Burundian civil war, people affected by sickness such as HIV/Aids, the poor, etc.
Mi-PAREC helps in the creation and support of local peace initiatives and community rebuilding through peace committees, solidarity groups called « Self Help Groups » and other groups or clubs. It offers teaching through seminars and workshops in which community representatives, administrative and political authorities, military, and representatives of civil society participate in order to discuss their role in the construction of the country and support sustainable peace and development.
Ministry for Peace and Reconciliation Under the Cross 