Campaigning for the rights of the Batwa people of Burundi
Evariste Ndikumana is a member of the Batwa community from Burundi, in central Africa. With a population of 80,000, the Batwa are the third largest ethnic community in Burundi. Evariste recently represented the Batwa in a fellowship training program for French-speaking indigenous peoples organized by the UN Human Rights office in Geneva.