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Walking In Grace for Lifelong Impact is a faith-based humanitarian nonprofit dedicated to nurturing vulnerable children, empowering the most marginalized families, and fostering resilient communities—upholding the dignity and wellbeing of every generation.

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Who We Are

WiGLI is a Christian and humanitarian nonprofit organization committed to serving vulnerable children, youth, families, and communities with the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. Guided by our core values, we empower individuals, especially children, to thrive through holistic programs in healthcare, nutrition, education, mental health and psychosocial support, and environmental resilience. By focusing on household-centered community outreach, we aim to restore hope and build lasting foundations for wellbeing for generations to come.

 

We are motivated by community compassion to serve all children and their families in need, regardless of faith, ethnicity, or background.

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  • •Children and adolescents aged 0–18
  • o Ages 0–15: Supported through core interventions in health, nutrition, protection, and early development
  • Ages 10–18: Engaged through adolescent-focused programs including life skills, mentorship, and psychosocial support
  • Parents, caregivers, teachers, community leaders, and local institutions who contribute to the wellbeing of children and youth

Grace for Every Life — Strength for Every Generation

Elysée Nibitanga

Founder and Executive Director

Our Vision

A world where every life is nurtured with dignity — healthy, empowered, and full of potential.

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Our Mission

WiGLI is dedicated to serving and empowering vulnerable populations. Through holistic programs in health, nutrition, education, psychosocial support, climate resilience, and family strengthening, we restore dignity and hope while building stronger, more resilient communities for a better future

Our Geographic Focus

Rural and underserved communities across Burundi, with potential for national scale-up and regional expansion.

Our Core Values

Compassion

Centered on Jesus Christ-Likeness, embracing the example of Jesus through humility, mercy, and sacrificial love.

Dignity

Honoring every child as a reflection of human dignity’s image and advocating for the marginalized.

Hope

Rooted in shared values, we rely fully on human dignity for guidance and strength.

Empowerment

Equipping children and caregivers to flourish and live out their human dignity-given potential.

Creation Stewardship

Honoring human dignity by responsibly caring for His earth as an extension of caring for His people.

Integrity

Upholding transparency, honesty, and faithful stewardship.

Grace for Every Life — Strength for Every Generation

Our priorities

Our priorities reflect our commitment to creating lasting positive change in the communities we serve.

Child Health, Nutrition, and HIV Response

Enhance access to child-centered healthcare, improve access to high impact integrated nutrition interventions for prevention, early detection and case management of acute malnutrition, expand HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care services. Ensure early identification, continuity of care, and comprehensive support for children, adolescents, and families affected by HIV with a focus to knowledge and skills for prevention.

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Provide trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial services to enhance emotional resilience, social support, and psychological wellbeing for children, youth, and their caregivers.

Education, Early Childhood Development, and Life Skills

Support holistic child development by delivering early stimulation and learning interventions during the first 1,000 days. Equip school-age children and adolescents with essential life skills, peer education, and mentorship to promote personal growth and harmonious social development.

WASH, Safe Environments, and Climate Resilience Solutions

Promote access to safe water, improved sanitation, and hygiene education while advancing child-centered, climate-smart solutions. Strengthen environmental stewardship, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable practices to create healthy, protective, and resilient environments in homes, schools, and communities.

Food Security and Household Economic Empowerment

Strengthen household resilience through sustainable food production, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, vocational training, income-generating activities, and financial literacy—empowering families to meet their basic needs and provide for their children.

Strategic Partnerships, Research, and Innovation

Enhance collaboration with communities, civil society, government, NGOs, donors, and development partners through effective coordination, participatory research, evidence generation, and digital innovation to maximize reach, learning, and program impact.

All our efforts are made possible only because of your support.

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Our Approach

Integrated, Holistic, household-centered, inclusive, data-informed, and Locally driven

Ensuring sustainable and equitable outcomes for children and families.

At WiGLI, we combine approaches with practical, community driven solutions to care for children, families, and communities to Thriving children, empowered families, and resilient communities—upholding the dignity and wellbeing of every generation.

Programs are designed to strengthen family relationships, improve caregiving practices, and build long-term household resilience

We prioritize the dignity, safety, and evolving needs of every child, recognizing their inherent value and potential.

Families are the foundation of child wellbeing. Our Household Targeting Approach ensures that caregivers are empowered to support children’s growth and resilience.

We use digital registration, unique identifiers, and real-time data systems for accurate targeting, follow-up, and program accountability.

Local leadership, structures, and networks are central to designing and delivering sustainable, context-specific solutions.

We address the full spectrum of child and family wellbeing—physical, emotional, social, and economic

We integrate environmental stewardship and climate adaptation across all interventions to protect future generations

Our programs are informed by data, research, and community feedback, and are continuously adapted for greater impact.