“Urwaruka Rushasha”: A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Village Savings and Loans Associations and Family-Based Interventions in Burundi

The Urwaruka Rushasha project, funded by USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF), aims at improving the protection, development and well-being of highly vulnerable boys and girls in Burundi’s Makamba and Bujumbura Rural provinces. The project consists of two interventions: 1) A Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) intervention, and 2) an added family-based discussion group (VSLA Plus). This report presents the results of the mid-term evaluation of the New Generation projects.