2009 WORKCAMPS: BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, UGANDA
AGLI Summer Workcamps -- Sunday, June 21 to Saturday, July 25
http://www.aglionline.org or contact Dawn@aglionline.org
1) 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 additional rooms for the clinic which primarily serves
HIV positive women and children. Read more about the FWA at http://aglionline.org/Program/fwa.htm.
Housing: Workcampers will stay in an apartment at the Friends Center in downtown Bujumbura.
2) Kenya Workcamp – Friends Peace Centre – Lubao
Host Partner: Friends for Peace and Community Development (FPCD)
Location: Lubao, in western Kenya near Kakamega
Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will continue building at the Friends Peace Centre-Lubao. Learn
more about the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Kenya at http://aglionline.org/sub/avp.htm and
http://aglionline.org/PDF/Winter%202007.pdf.
Housing: Workcampers will live at the Peace Centre.
3) Kenya Workcamp – Lugari District
Host Partner: Friends for Peace and Community Development (FPCD)
Location: Lugari District in western Kenya between the town of Eldoret and Mt. Elgon
Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will build simple houses for vulnerable people whose homes were
destroyed during the violence at the beginning of 2008. (See above for more information.)
Housing: Workcampers will live with Kenyan host families
4) Rwanda Workcamp – Gisenyi
Host Partner: Gisenyi Friends Meeting
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
the third year for this project. Gisenyi is on Lake Kivu on the border with Congo. Peace work there
includes Rwandans and Congolese.
Housing: Workcampers will live with host families.
Host Partner: Bududa Vocational Institute & Children of Peace - See http://bviuganda.org/index.htm
Location: Bududa, Uganda about 20 miles north of Mbale on the slopes of Mount Elgon
Objective: Specifics of the work are “under construction”; stay tuned or email Dawn for updates.
Housing: Workcampers will live with Ugandan host families.





Hi John, You will need to
Hi John,
You will need to contact these program directly, they are not programs run by FGC. I would contact AGLI at:
http://www.aglionline.org or contact Dawn@aglionline.org
Best,
-Chris
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Hello i am Kamya John, from
Hello i am Kamya John, from Kabarole Youth Alliance, i do desire to attend any of the work camps around Uganda or East Africa,or around the World, what criteria do i have to follow?
Hi I am Kamya John from
Hi I am Kamya John from Kabarole Youth Alliance, i do desire to be part of any work camp either around Uganda, East Africa or around the World, what criteria do i follow? Keep me posted.
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