Author: Dawn Rubbert

If you want to travel quickly, walk alone.
If you want to travel far, walk with others.
~ Traditional African Proverb

2011 African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) Workcamps:
BURUNDI & RWANDA
Saturday, June 25 to Saturday, July 30

• AGLI accepts volunteers of all ages: workcampers have been as young as 8, as old as 84.
• Workcampers have included an entire family of five (the Amoses) and one with four from NY state; you can travel as an individual or with friends.
• The goal is for each team to include 6 international (non-African) and 6 local workcampers plus professional builders.
• Physical & Skill requirements: Good health and willingness to do manual labor.
• Construction skills and experience are not necessary.

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 work at the FWA Clinic which primarily serves HIV+ women and their children. Details are still in the planning stages but most likely the team will build a security wall around the plot behind the clinic which where there will be a dormitory for patients so that, in due time, the Clinic can become a full hospital. Learn more about the clinic.
Housing: Workcampers will stay in an apartment at the Friends Center in downtown Bujumbura.

2)  Rwanda Workcamp – Gisenyi

Host Partner: Gisenyi Friends Church
Location: Gisenyi, Rwanda
(on the northern edge of Lake Kivu, just across the border from Goma, Congo)
Objective: plan in process – The 2010 Workcamp Peace Team began construction of a conference hall; this may be completed or a new project begun. Each afternoon, Workcampers will also help local residents improve their English.
Housing: Workcampers will stay with local families.

For More Info: contact Dawn Rubbert via dawn@aglifpt.org or go to www.aglifpt.org
Help spread the word!  Download AGLI 2011 Workcamps flyer here