In June 2019, the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE) signed a letter of agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the implementation of the environmental component of the Project to Support Resilience and Social Cohesion through the Integrated Rural Village of Mayengo through the Integrated Rural Village of Mayengo, in accordance with the Action Plan for the implementation of the Action Plan . signed between UNDP and the Government of Burundi.

In this letter of agreement, the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection assumed full responsibility for the implementation of all activities relating to the environmental aspects of the project.

The activities covered by this agreement concern:

- Support for reforestation initiatives,
- The implementation of innovative technologies for waste management,
- The manufacture of improved stoves.

The objective of the project is to improve the access of internally displaced persons (women, men, girls and boys) in Mayengo and communities affected by displacement to a safe environment (including natural water resources), to safe housing, to basic social services, to basic social services and to basic social services.

The displaced persons concerned by the project are the victims of Nyaruhongoka who were settled in the Village of Mayengo, in the Commune of Rumonge.