Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work with Shooting Touch. Shooting Touch, in collaboration with Survivors Fund (SURF) and Uyisenga n’Manzi, is using the power of sport (basketball) to improve Rwandan individuals’ … Continue Reading »
Author: David Russell
COVID-19 Emergency Nutritional Response for Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda (CENREV)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our COVID-19 Emergency Nutritional Response for Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda (CENREV) Project. Survivors Fund (SURF) and AVEGA Agahozo were awarded a new … Continue Reading »
Reaching Rwanda 2022
After two years of planning, finally the long-awaited seventh Reaching Rwanda visit arrived in Kigali in July 2022. SURF Chair, Sam Hunt MBE, who developed the educational programme and led the first visit in 2010 in her professional role as … Continue Reading »
Youth Economic Empowerment Project (YEEP)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Youth Economic Empowerment Project (YEEP). The Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (YEEP) is a partnership between SURF and AERG (National Student’s Association of Genocide … Continue Reading »
Counselling Extension Response Project (CERP II)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Counselling Extension Response Project (CERP II). Survivors Fund (SURF) has developed and delivered an array of mental health projects to support survivors over … Continue Reading »
Legal and Counselling Helpline
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Legal and Counselling Helpline. The Legal and Counselling Helpline (Helpline) was established in August 2013 as a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and … Continue Reading »
Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate Extreme Poverty Project (EVWEP)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVWEP) Project. The Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate … Continue Reading »
Reaching Rwanda
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our Reaching Rwanda Project. Sandhurst School has been running its ground-breaking Reaching Rwanda project in partnership with Survivors Fund (SURF) since 2008. Pioneered by … Continue Reading »
Young Survivors Counselling Project
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Young Survivors Counselling Project. Thousands of youthful survivors of the 1994 genocide are only now confronting the horror of seeing their families murdered. … Continue Reading »
SURF’s 25th Anniversary Rescheduled
Unfortunately due to the national rail strike planned on Saturday 17th September, with so many trustees and supporters planning to travel in by train for the event, we have decided to postpone our anniversary. So please accept our sincere apologies … Continue Reading »