Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
From RT, January 2022 Chemical modifications have been observed in DNA samples from pregnant Tutsi survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and their children Severe mental trauma can be passed down across generations through chemical modifications of genes, according to … Continue Reading »
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 on 27th January, SURF UK Coordinator, David Russell, was interviewed by EachOther about the importance of the commemoration and how it relates to the importance of remembrance of the Genocide against the Tutsi in … Continue Reading »
Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samantha Hunt MBE, has launched a crowdfunder appeal with a target to try raise £60,000 to complete and equip Philly’s Place, a vital community and children’s education centre in Rwanda. As Sam writes…. Children in … Continue Reading »
There are many good books on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, though not that many which feature testimonies of the survivors. Survivors Fund (SURF) self-published Survival Against the Odds, and the founder of our partner organisation Foundation Rwanda, … Continue Reading »
Survivors Fund (SURF) has developed and delivered an array of mental health projects to support survivors over the past 20 years. Some of our mental health work is delivered through conducting counselling groups across the country through our local partner … Continue Reading »
A research conducted to demonstrate differences in trauma exposure in mothers and daughters according to their genocide survival status reveals a common link of depression among Rwandan mothers and their daughters 27 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. … Continue Reading »
The Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVWEP) project is a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and AVEGA Agahozo providing holistic support to widowed survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and their … Continue Reading »
Through the support of the Good Gifts Catalogue we have been able to procure, configure and operationalise a new Mobile Library in Rwanda which will make books available to children in primary and secondary schools initially across Kigali, and then … Continue Reading »
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya, The New Times The Association of Students Survivors of Genocide (AERG) and the Association of Graduates Genocide Survivors (GAERG) have given cows to people who rescued Tutsis during the Genocide against the Tutsi in recognition of their … Continue Reading »
A gust post by our partner Foundation Rwanda Want to join us in making a difference? Many of you know we started Foundation Rwanda (FR) in 2007 to empower women survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and … Continue Reading »