Burundi / Congo / Kenya / Rwanda / Tanzania / Uganda- The African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams strengthens, supports, and promotes peace activities at the grassroots level in the Great Lakes region of Africa

The African Great Lakes Ini­tia­tive (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams strength­ens, sup­ports, and pro­motes peace activ­i­ties at the grass­roots lev­el in the Great Lakes region of Africa (Burun­di, Con­go, Kenya, Rwan­da, Tan­za­nia, and Ugan­da). To this end, AGLI responds to requests from local reli­gious and non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions that focus on con­flict man­age­ment, peace build­ing, trau­ma heal­ing, and rec­on­cil­i­a­tion. AGLI spon­sors Peace Teams com­posed of mem­bers from local part­ners and the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty. We are a 501©3 not-for-prof­it organization.