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Current Programs:

Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC)

• Healing Companion Cycle with 20 HROC workshops, 10 follow-up days, and 5 celebrations
• Development of advanced HROC workshop
• Support of existing 40 Healing Companions

HROC/HIV

• Healing Companion Cycle with 20 HROC workshops, 10 follow-up days, and 5 celebrations for HIV positive women

HROC video

• Showing HROC video in Burundi Starting March 2008

HROC Workcamp

• Building HROC center in Ngozi--tentative July 2008

Friends Women's Association (FWA)

• Basic support for Kamenge Clinic
  

FWA workcamp

• Completion of Kamenge Clinic building July 2008

Completed programs:

In July 2005 , the Workcamp with Burundi Yearly Meeting built 3 classrooms for Nyarurambi School and re-roofed five houses, four for Hutu refugees returning from Tanzania and one for an internally displaced Tutsi

In July 2004 , the Workcamp with Kibimba Peace Committee rebuilt three and re-roofed two houses for internally displaced Tutsi.

In July 2003, the Workcamp with Kibimba Peace Committee rebuilt 5 houses for internally displaced Tutsi

In April 2002 , AGLI successfully introduced the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP-Burundi) with Burundi Yearly Meeting

From October 2000 to March 2003, the major endeavor of the African Great Lakes Initiative was to develop the Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services (THARS) with Burundi Yearly Meeting. This included the organization of the program, the training of lead facilitators, the additional training of 23 local facilitators, and the opening of listening rooms. In March 2003, THARS received major outside funding and has continued without additional support from AGLI working with victims of torture, safe houses for women who have been raped and abused, and counselling individuals with severe cases of trauma.

In July 1999, AGLI first project was the Workcamp with Burundi Yearly Meeting rebuilding the guest house at Kamenge Friends Church in Bujumbura.