# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marguerite-barankitse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:37:34.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marguerite-barankitse"
name: "Marguerite Barankitse"
slug: "marguerite-barankitse"
description: "Marguerite \"Maggie\" Barankitse is a Burundian humanitarian activist who works to improve the welfare of children and challenge ethnic discrimination in Burundi. After rescuing 25 children from a massacre, she was forced to witness the conflicts between the Hutu and Tutsi in her country in 1993. She established Maison Shalom, a shelter that provided access to healthcare, education, and culture to over 20,000 orphan children in need. Because she protested against a third term for President Pierre Nkurunziza, she lives in exile."
tagline: "Burundian humanitarian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%A5_(2).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.8125
  historical:           13.217352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.maisonshalom.org/"
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    title: "Մարգարիտ Բարանկիցե"
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    title: "Баранкитс, Маргерит"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump