Turame Project

     Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest economy live in Burundi, a small country in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Imagine trying to support a family with a daily income of less than $2 per day! With the wealth many of us have today, this hardly seems imaginable, yet this was the case for 87.6% of the population in 2004.

     In order to help alleviate poverty, all net proceeds from SWF's Smash Store will be used to support World Relief's microfinance project, Turame. Turame extends business loans to 3,500 individuals in Gitega and Bujumbura--two large provinces in Burundi--and was judged by the United Nations to be the best microfinance operation in the country.

     For more information on Burundi or this microfinance project, please check out World Relief's page.