For more than three decades, Burundi has been plunged into unprecedented wars. In 1993, following the assassination of the country's first democratically elected president, a civil war broke out in the country. As a result, several thousand people were killed and thousands more fled the country to the countries Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda and Kenya.

This is how a group of Burundian refugees in Kenya founded a Christian organisation, non-governmental peace-building organisation called Rema, which translates as encourage, console, comfort and strengthen, to encourage, to console, to comfort and to strengthen. forced to leave their usual living environments for various reasons such as climatic hazards human and environmental disasters, development projects in the public interest or other more traditional more traditional causes of forced displacement such as war and other situations such as migration

It was approved at the time of their repatriation to Burundi by Ministerial Order n°503/84 of 09/02/2004. Rema Burundi is an association-based structure that focuses on the long-term reintegration of forced migrants, mainly returnees. migrants, mainly returnees. Its overall strategy is to provide support to displaced persons, in particular by by inspiring them with the confidence to solve their own problems through constructive dialogue and advocacy with key decision-makers. It works in partnership with grassroots organisations representing migrants and returnees. migrants and returnees. It also works with other human rights organisations, key players in the government and legislative institutions in Burundi. Burundian government and legislative institutions. Participatory action research (PAR) is her main tool for understanding the context in which it works, and to identify the problems that require action by the various actors working in this actors working in this particular field.