Over recent months, there has been a number of articles on the prevalence and politics of genocide denial, both in Rwanda as well as internationally too. Survivors Fund (SURF) along with its partner organisations strives to raise awareness of the genocide itself, the history leading up to it and the situation of survivors in Rwanda itself.
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July 26th, 2010
July 10th, 2010
Last year, in partnership with the UK Conservative Party, SURF developed an Education into Employment programme to support young survivors at university in Rwanda to secure a job on graduation. This year a new group will be working on developing a Leadership and Communications Programme.
July 5th, 2010
A significant aspect of our work at Survivors Fund (SURF) is reporting – reporting on our own progress, that of our partner organisations, as well as the situation of survivors in Rwanda and the UK.
June 24th, 2010
Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees of Survivors Fund (SURF) approved our Annual Report for 2009. You can download it here.
June 15th, 2010
A primary focus of SURF’s work is rebuilding the lives of survivors by working with our partner organisations to increase numbers of those with secure and sustainable livelihoods. Our largest funder in 2009 was the Charities Advisory Trust which, through its remarkable Good Gifts Catalogue initiative, enabled this work.
June 8th, 2010
SURF was founded with an objective to raise funding internationally for survivors of the genocide in Rwanda. Having now worked in Rwanda for sixteen years, SURF is no brief visitor to the country. However, we are still learning how deep the still waters run – as we hope international funders are doing so too.
June 3rd, 2010
In many elements of SURF’s work addressing the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, there is a relation to the Holocaust as well as other genocides too.
May 28th, 2010
SURF is enabling students to meet with and interview UK-based survivors of the Rwandan genocide about their lives before and after genocide, and experience during it, to preserve the vital oral history for posterity as well as for future education work in other schools.
May 21st, 2010
We are fortunate to receive many visitors to this, our website. We now average more than 3,000 unique visitors each month. Many of the visitors are from educational institutions, searching for statistics on the genocide. Others are supporters, wanting an update on our work.
May 13th, 2010
SURF Founder, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, offered a powerful reflection on the issue of forgiveness at the inaugural annual lecture of The Forgiveness Project by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.