Posts Tagged ‘AVEGA’
Monday, 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.
Tags: AVEGA, Comic Relief, Cyangugu, IBUKA, ingoro y’urukundo, Mukabucyana Berte, SURF
Catoegories: Income Generating Activities
Tuesday, 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.
Tags: ADRA, AOCM, AVEGA, Charities Advisory Trust, Good Gifts, Solace Ministries, SURF
Catoegories: Income Generating Activities
Tuesday, 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.
Tags: Andrew Mitchell, AVEGA, DFID, Institute for Philanthropy, Linda Polman, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, SURF, War Games, You Alone May Live
Catoegories: Fundraising, Survivors' Rights
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Sixteen years on from the genocide in Rwanda and there remain many challenges for survivors. The focus of this year’s commemoration is managing cases of trauma, a focus of You Alone May Live, the book published today by SURF Founder, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt.
Tags: AVEGA, BBC, CAFOD, Lindsey Hilsum, Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, Medical Foundation, Noam Schimmel, Trauma
Catoegories: Awareness Raising, Trauma
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
AVEGA Agahozo is one of the key partners of Survivors Fund (SURF). It represents and supports widows of the genocide, and their dependents. As Marceline, an AVEGA member, testifies: “If it hadn’t been for AVEGA, I don’t think I would be alive today.”
Tags: AVEGA, Comic Relief, DFID, Good Gifts, Sigrid Rausing Trust
Catoegories: HIV and AIDS, Partnership
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
For five years, DFID have funded a Care and Treatment of Rwandan Genocide Survivors Infected by HIV/AIDS Project. Funding for that project is due to end on March 31st, which will have a potentially cataclysmic effect for survivors.
Tags: AVEGA, CTP, DFID, Solace Ministries
Catoegories: HIV and AIDS
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
One of the key partners of Survivors Fund (SURF) is Solace Ministries, a Christian-based survivor’s organisation which ministers to widows and orphans of the genocide in Rwanda.
Tags: AVEGA, DFID, Independent on Sunday, Jean Gakwandi, Network 4 Africa, Solace Gospel Choir, Solace Ministries, Survivors Fund
Catoegories: Income Generating Activities
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Kiva admitted this week that its claim to facilitate donor-to-borrower connections is partly fictional. Somewhat then against the grain, SURF has recently begun to offer donors the opportunity to support specific beneficiaries through our partner AVEGA.
Tags: AVEGA, Comic Relief, Kiva, Msaada, Odette Kayirere, SURF, Woman's Hour
Catoegories: Fundraising
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Income generating activities are critical to enable survivors of the genocide in Rwanda to be self-sufficient. Thus, SURF is proud to announce that we have established a dedicated page on our website to virtually display and electronically retail a selection of handmade goods to help survivors to bring their products to a greater market and to ultimately generate more income.
Tags: AVEGA, Cards, DFID, Good Gifts, Jewellery, SURF
Catoegories: Income Generating Activities
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
The past 3 weeks in Rwanda have been a happy time, and a sad time. Attending the graduation of the 12 students SURF has sponsored through UNILAK was a happy time. Attending the funeral of the parents of our Co-Chair, Liliane Umubyeyi, was certainly a sad time. A visit to Rwanda is often an experience of mixed emotions.
Tags: AVEGA, Comic Relief, Conservative Party, Genocide, IBUKA, Liliane Umubyeyi, Rwanda, Survivors, UNILAK
Catoegories: Education, Memory
