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2008 AGLI WORKCAMPS: BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA
Sunday, June 22 to Saturday, July 26, 2008

Frequently Asked Questions: <<click here>>

To view the 2008 application: <<click here>>
2009 version will be similar
2009 application will be available September 1st

For 2008 Workcamp descriptions: <<click here>>
2009 workcamps will be similar
2009 Workcamp descriptions will be available September 1st

Burundi Workcamp - Kamenge
Host Partner - Friends Women’s Association (FWA)

Location: Kamenge, Burundi - On the outskirts of Bujumbura

Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will build three rooms--a waiting room, a room for maternity and children, and a minor surgery room. These three rooms are required to be registered as a clinic by the Burundi Government.

Housing: Workcampers will stay in an apartment at the Friends Center in downtown Bujumbura.

Kenya Workcamp - Lubao
Host Partner - Friends for Peace and Community Development (FPCD)

Location: Lubao, in western Kenya near Kakamega and the border with Uganda.

Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will continue building the Friends Peace Centre-Lubao.

Housing: Workcampers will live with Kenyan host families.

Rwanda Workcamp - Gisesnyi
Location: Gisenyi, Rwanda. On the northern edge of Lake Kivu, west of Kigali.

Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will continue construction of Gisenyi Friends Peace Center. This is a new project begun in 2007. Gisenyi is on Lake Kivu and on the border with Congo. Peace work there includes Rwandans and Congolese.

Housing: Workcampers will live with host families.