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Dear contributor, Another year coming to an end…Another one about to begin. This year, it is 21 new students from the Rutana region in Burundi and 72 children from the Heart of May and Jesus Orphanage in Bujumbura who join our team to wish you happiness and health., ln fact, we have decided to support […]

We where present at a garage sale for the benefit of the children of my school bag in Burundi in Sainte-Julie on the 21 and 22 of August 2021 Thank you to those who came and donated.

Here is a link (in french only) to an article in the local newspaper, La Relève de Boucherville, about our garage sale of the 24 July 2021 lareleve.qc.ca/2021/07/26/vente-de-garage-retour-de-la-course-aux-tresors-a-boucherville/

Dear contributor, I just came back from our 16th missionJune 21st. I would like to share some news of the children we have not seen for the last two years for the reasons we know too well. This year, our visit was essential.  There were a few situations that needed our attention.  Also, the children were worried […]

A friend of My School Bag in Burundi family has left us. The tributes are numerous, rich and deserved. Serge Bouchard had graciously offered us a text to be included in our new WEB site in 2014. Quite simply, thank you very much on behalf of the Burundi children. Condolences to the family and is […]

Dear Contributors. The end of the year is upon us. In spite of the pandemic, we would still like to come into your home to offer our best wishes, at least by mail. No doubt we are all going through troubled times where everything seems paralysed. However, My School Bag is still very active in Canada and […]

Dear Contributor,First and foremost, we hope you are well. During normal times, we write to you to announce the beginning of our fundraising campaign or at the end of the year to wish you happy holidays.  However, everything is far from normal since last March.  But we believe this will be welcome news. In spite of our […]

With the help of the weather, the Labor Day 2020 weekend garage sale was a success. Thank you to everyone who came, it was good to start our fundraising activities again. A very special thank you to those who gave us stuff to sell and everyone who volunteered their time for the occasion.

July 2020 Dear contributors, First and foremost, we hope these news find you and your loved ones in good physical and moral health. In the first months of the lockdown, our students in Burundi have observed through Social Media, that the level of people diagnosed with  Covid 19 and the number of deaths that followed were […]