I still hope to make it to Kenya to volunteer, however right now I need to focus on a job search, which will hopefully allow me to go after I get a job, but before I actually start. I have been accepted as a volunteer with the Friends’ Africa Great Lakes Initiative as a six week volunteer in with their Peace Center in Lubao, Kenya (Western Kenya near Kakamega). The goal is to build greater understanding and awareness of the situation people are facing in Kenya and to assist both in the USA and as a volunteer in May and June 2008. In striving toward this goal I am hoping to raise $2,500, with the first $2,000 being for the work of the Africa Great Lakes Initiative and if possible an additional $500 toward my lodging
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