Ten years after the genocide that swept Burundi, the move towards reconciliation and rebuilding has been a long and slow process. The scars are still evident in the decaying, crumbling homes that stand as monuments and tombstones of the genocide. Orphaned children in search of food roam and live in the streets, poignant reminders of its legacy.

Times Square Church traveled to Burundi in 2007 to hold evangelistic rallies as well as medical and humanitarian outreaches in the cities of Bujumbura, Gitega and Ngozi. While there, we met a woman that was taking hot meals to the children living in the streets of Bujumbura. A widow herself, with a family to support, she did not have the means to enlarge her feeding program. She prayed that the Lord would provide a place and the funds to feed even more of these children.

ChildCry was the Lord’s answer to her prayer. ChildCry provides the funds to continue and enlarge this feeding program to the street children of Bujumbura.