Her Excellency Reverend Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza has been the First Lady of the Republic of Burundi since the elections in 2005 that put her husband at the head of this African country. She is founder and President of the BUNTU Foundation, a philanthropic organisation established in 2005 to assist orphans and widows of the war and of HIV/AIDS, the elderly, the physically disabled and other vulnerable people.
Mrs Denise Nkurunziza has a diploma in pastoral studies from the Institute of Leadership of Burundi (African Ministries Networks). Ordained Reverend Pastor in 2011, she is now studying Theology and Bible Studies at Hope Africa University, Bujumbura. In thanks for her charity work and conscientious preaching of God's word, the Latin University of Californio in the United States of America awarded her an honorary degree in 2010.
Mrs Denise Nkurunziza has a diploma in pastoral studies from the Institute of Leadership of Burundi (African Ministries Networks). Ordained Reverend Pastor in 2011, she is now studying Theology and Bible Studies at Hope Africa University, Bujumbura. In thanks for her charity work and conscientious preaching of God's word, the Latin University of Californio in the United States of America awarded her an honorary degree in 2010.
