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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 […]

Hello to all During these times of the Covid 19 crisis, here’s some news from My School Bag. Even if, as of now, it seems no cases of the Coronavirus have been reported in Burundi, preventive measures were taken to avoid the spread of the disease. Since Sunday March 22th, the airport has been closed […]

We were at the flea market in the basement of St-Willibrod church this saturday march 7. We sold items to raise money for the children of My School Bag in Burundi

The night was short!!! I’ve receive many videos and messages from young people in the fields. It’s dramatic for many families including 3 of our volunteers/assistants. Rice fields covered in mud, houses destroyed, others on the edge of collapsing, impassible roads…all that due to the floods and this torrential rain that is present almost every […]

Already in December ! The year went by so fast and a new one is about to begin. During our mission last May/June, we distributed school supplies and uniforms to nearly 1,000 children. In addition, since many students have completed high school, we added 45 new young ones to the group we are helping. Twenty-five […]

Many thanks to the participants and to Solange, the organiser, for the successfull Bowling night fund raiser on November 23 2019.

Thanks to all, the garage sale for the benefit of the children of My school Bag in Burundi was a great success With the heat, we believe it was Burundi

Corinne Chatel was in Burundi in May/June.  This year again, with the help of the older children, we have been able to distribute school supplies and uniforms to almost 1000 students. Also, since many had successfully completed their high school level, we added 45 young ones to our lists and are assisting a young woman […]

As part of an organized Rights and Freedoms Week, some students of École des Sources in Quebec city got involved in helping less privileged young Burundians. This event took place between May 6 to May 10th, 2019. There is not greater motivator for the members of My School Bag than to see the young people of today expressing their solidarity with others.  […]