AGLI Workcamps
Posted March 27th, 2008 by fgc admin
Organization's Name
African Great Lakes Initiative
Organization's Website
Internship Type
Unpaid
Application Instructions
Go to http://www.aglionline.org/Program/workcamps.htm
for more information about applying for these workcamps.
Qualifications
APPLICATION FOR 2008 WORKCAMPS IN BURUNDI,
KENYA, and RWANDA; Saturday, June 22 to Saturday, July 26, 2008
Thank you for your interest in taking part in peace team opportunities in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Below is an application form: including a set of questions. We recommend the following course of action as you consider applying to be a member of one of the teams.
1. Listen well to the Spirit within to discern how you are led.
2. If you are a Friend, or are associated with a Friends Meeting or Church, ask for a Clearness Committee to sit with you as you test your leading. If you are not associated with a Friends Church or Meeting, please seek out 3 to 6 people with whom you can discuss your leading to apply for this project and ask them to help you gain clarity. (This group is referred to in the application as your Clearness Committee.) You may wish to use the questions below in this application as a basis for exploration in meeting(s) with your Clearness Committee. If you are approved as a team member it is expected that you will form a Support Committee which could be the same group or could be different people. (See more information below).
3. As you answer the questions on the Application be clear and true to yourself.
Applications will be accepted on a first come/first served basis until the workcamp teams are filled. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to email Dawn Rubbert, AGLI Program Manager, via D...@aglionline.org. We will inform you regarding acceptance for a specific workcamp within one month of receiving both your application and the report from your clearness committee.
We hope that after you have sought guidance from the Spirit you will feel led to apply. Whether or not you do, we thank you for your inquiry and for any thought and care you devote to the people of the Great Lakes region as they work to reweave the fabric of their societies.
Full Description
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.
Burundi Workcamp – Up-Country
Host Partner – HROC/Burundi and Mutaho Widows Association
Location: Mutaho and Bugendana, Burundi
Objective: 1) The Workcamp Peace Team will begin building a center for HROC (pronounced he-rock) which stands for Healing and Rebuilding Our Community. 2) The team will also construct a small meeting room and storage room for the Mutaho Widows Association.
Housing: Workcampers will stay with Pastor Sara Gokubwa, leader of the Mutaho Widows Association.
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.
Kenya Workcamp - Kaimosi
Host Partner - Friends United Meeting (FUM)
Location: Kaimosi Hospital, in western Kenya.
Objective: The Workcamp Peace Team will help restore the physical plant. Read the history of this hospital, one of three founded by Friends <<click here>>
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.
I would not consider
I would not consider donating to this or sending a young person to this without speaking to the young people who were on the 2007 workcamp who had a bad expereince there - Haverford College Center for Global Citizenship no longer sends young people with AGLI due to problems with safety and funding. We were very unhappy with the leader of this organization as well as the person responsible for the safety and funds in Uganda.
Please contact me directly if you would like more information