Burundi is a low-income, agriculture-based economy and one of the poorest countries in the world. An estimated 65% of the population live below the national poverty line and 75% live in multidimensional poverty. Latest estimates are that 56% of children under five years of age in Burundi are stunted and 4.8% are wasted. Child undernutrition is driven by poor child diets, poor quality of services, poverty, food insecurity and gender inequalities. Multi-sectoral strategies are needed to address these issues to achieve positive child health, nutrition, and wellbeing outcomes. This is one of a series of case studies that aim to provide internal learning for UNICEF on linkages between social protection and maternal and child nutrition programming. This case study describes the Merankabandi (“be like the others”) programme in Burundi that delivers nutrition behaviour change communication (BCC) and livelihoods support alongside cash transfers to vulnerable households to support optimal child growth, development, and wellbeing.