The International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) held a five-day workshop on peace and security, in Kampala, Uganda April 21st -25th, 2008. Christophe Cox presented a proposal for APOPO to be a major part of the demining activities that the ICGLR has planned along the boarder zones of the Great Lakes Region. The demining efforts would trace the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, stretching all the way to the tip of Sudan. The conference is expected to address the proposals submitted later this year. However, the discussions looked promising and APOPO remains optimistic about the opportunity to be a key player in demining the Great Lakes Region.