A Guest Post by Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa My first encounter with Rwanda, back in 2004, would change my life, and it was thanks to the Survivors Fund, known as SURF. When I met the founder, Mary … Continue Reading »
Author: David Russell
Kwibuka 27
As we commemorate the Genocide, we all have a role to play By The New Times This week, the country will be commencing, for the 27th time, activities to commemorate the over a million innocent lives killed in the 1994 … Continue Reading »
Call for help for survivors
Kwibuka27: Call for help to survivors as country gears up for commemoration amidst Covid By Nasra Bishumba, The New Times Two weeks before the world commemorates the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 27th time, survivor organisations say that … Continue Reading »
A Postcolonial Reflection
Ahead of the Commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka 27) We publish here an extract from a thought piece by Noam Schimmel on “A Postcolonial Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide Against the … Continue Reading »
Becoming Human Again
Genocide involves significant death and trauma. Yet the enormous scope of genocide comes into view when one looks at the factors that lead to mass killing, the struggle for survival during genocide, and the ways survivors reconstruct their lives after … Continue Reading »
AERG – GAERG Week
Youth survivors rally peers to push back against genocide denial ideology By Michel Nkurunziza, The New Times Rwandan Graduates Genocide Survivors Organisation (GAERG) and the Association of Student Survivors of the Genocide (AERG) have embarked on the activities to be … Continue Reading »
Network for Africa Partnership Achievements
An edited extract from the Network for Africa Summary of Achivements 2020 Report, showcasing the ongoing success of the partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and Network for Africa to deliver youth counselling to survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi … Continue Reading »
Reading List
At Survivors Fund (SURF) we often come across new books on the genocide, or published testimonies of survivors. Most recently we have showcased a remarkable new book of testimonies published as And I Live On. Last year in our News … Continue Reading »
Mental Health and Covid-19
By Nasra Bishumba, The New Times Almost a year since Rwanda confirmed its first Covid-19 case, mental health experts in organisations of the survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi say that mental illness challenges have been exacerbated by … Continue Reading »
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 is Be the light in the darkness. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to ‘be the … Continue Reading »