Where is Giteranyi?
In the Great Lakes region of East Africa is Burundi, a small country of 27,834 square kilometers and a population of around 10 million.
The commune of Giteranyi is located in the far north of Burundi in the province of Muyinga. It is bounded in the north by Rwanda, in the south by the commune of Butihinda, in the east by Tanzania and in the west by the province of Kirundo. It covers an area of 397 km2 with a population of around 80,000. The municipality extends over two natural regions: Bweru and Bugesera, the latter covers 92.7% of the surface of the municipality. This natural region is made up of a plateau with an average height of 1400 m. The commune is divided into 37 different villages, among which we find the village of Giteranyi where our project will be located.