Archive for the ‘Advocacy’ Category

RwandaParliament

Legislation

10 May 2012

Survivors Fund (SURF), in partnership with Redress and IBUKA, has been working on developing an array of submissions on draft and current legislation that impacts on the rights … Read more »

Kenina Houses Comic Relief SURF

Mukomeze

16 Apr 2012

Mukomeze (Kinyarwanda for “empower her”) is a non-profit organization established to raise awareness of and funds for women and girls who suffered sexual violence during the genocide in Rwanda. … Read more »

SURF August 2006

Compensation

6 Apr 2012

As we mark the 18th Anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on 7th April, Survivors Fund (SURF) is supporting the commemoration, as well as calling … Read more »

Rwanda July 2008

Rape

22 Mar 2012

A guest post by Samuel Munderere, Programme Manager at Survivors Fund (SURF) in Rwanda, and coordinator of our work with Foundation Rwanda to support children born of rape. … Read more »

Lubanga

Reparation

14 Mar 2012

In its first verdict, the International Criminal Court (ICC) today found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers between 2002 and 2003. The verdict is historic, … Read more »

SURF

FARG

8 Feb 2012

The Genocide Survivors Support and Assistance Fund (FARG) is a para-statal organisation that provides vulnerable genocide survivors with support in of education, health, shelter, social assistance and income … Read more »