May 13, 2009, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia N. Moller took part in a ground-breaking ceremony for an HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center that will be constructed with U.S. $320,000 in funds from the U.S. Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in the Musaga area south of Bujumbura.
Burundi agribusiness program CTO travelled to Kayanza Province on a visit to USAID/Burundi Agribusiness Project supported coffee washing station of Bwayi. The visit turned out to be an exceptional opportunity as this coincided with the distribution of the first-ever quality premium paid to Burundian coffee farmers.