Each Agency and Organization have its own storage space for its activities.  There’s a storage facility provided at the Lake port which is managed by GPSB (Global Port Services Bujumbura). There are also a couple of privately owned buildings in Bujumbura that can be rented for storage. It’s possible to negotiate contracts for a short or long duration and prices vary. Indicative price range is from 4.6 USD to 5.65 USD per square meters. There are a couple of agencies that offer services in warehouse/stores management. This is useful in insecure areas where project staff has difficulties in accessing the beneficiaries. The rent of the warehouse space is done through a contract between the agency and the owner of the property.

Commercial Storage

Storage Used by Humanitarian Organizations

IRC:

Storage facility in three different locations. The items stored are mainly NFI’s:

• Bujumbura :       2,880 mt
• Muyinga :            986,13 mt
• Ruyigi :                 4,487,40 mt

Total Capacity : 8,353.53 m3

ICRC :

• Warehouse in Bujumbura 3400 mt, essentially for medical stock, plus a cold room of about 460 m3
• Fuel storage of 40,000 m3 (Interpetrol)
• Procurement via Nairobi, 80% via road à Nairobi-Uganda-Rwanda (Kayensa customs clearance point)
• Authorization for small planes DRC-Bujumbura and Nairobi-Bujumbura
• Big warehouse in Goma (DRC)
• Emergency stock of Essential Household Items for 2,000 households

MSF:

• 6 warehouses
  • Three warehouses in Bujumbura: one for pharmaceutical products, one as emergency stock and one for logistics
  • One warehouse in Gisuru
  • One warehouse for pharmaceutical products in Kininya
  • One warehouse in Ntita
• 12,000 liters of fuel in Bujumbura and 5,000 liters in Kininya

UNICEF:

• Two warehouses at Bollore and AMSA; health, nutritional and immunization products go through CAMEBU
• UNICEF has a small office in Gitega
• Corridor mostly used is Dar-Es-Salam (Tanzania)

WFP:

• Main warehouse is situated in Bujumbura, with a capacity of 6,500 mt, WFP is currently looking for another location, in order to increase storage capacity and avoid flooding.
• Warehouse in Gitega with a capacity of 6,500 mt
• Warehouse in Ngozi with a capacity of 8,500 mt

Total WFP storage capacity in Burundi is 21,500 mt

Burundi Red Cross:

• Five warehouses throughout the Country
• Bujumbura warehouse with a capacity of 2500 mt
• Gitega warehouse with a capacity of 5800 mt
• Muyinga warehouse with a capacity of 550 mt
• Kirundo warehouse with a capacity of 540 mt
• Ngozi warehouse with a capacity of 370 mt
• Total capacity Countrywide: 9760 mt

Public Sector Storage

The storage spaces are available for rent and are associated with the Airport and Lake port of Bujumbura management. (refer to the relevant paragraphs under GPSB and SOBUGEA)

Cold Chain

The Ministry of Health, EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) manages the cold chain infrastructure. There is however two 20’ refrigerated containers at the airport managed by SOBUGEA for vaccines, cold chain use.

UNICEF works closely with the government in the procurement of vaccines for the EPI program.

There are 3 cold rooms on the premises of the EPI program maintained at a positive (+2 to +8 degrees centigrade) temperature. The cold rooms are powered by Maneurop Danfoss reciprocating compressors. In addition to these are 11 freezers each with a capacity of 67 liters. The supply of vaccines starts from the EPI office in Bujumbura to the Health Centers in the provinces which in turn supply the Health posts. Kerosene refrigerators with a freezer compartment and freezers are in use in the provinces for the cold chain. The program also has quite a substantial number of cool boxes, ice packs, vaccine carriers etc.

 For information on Burundi Storage assessment contact details, please see the following link:  4.5 Burundi Storage and Milling Company Contact List.