A traumatised youth is helped during a past commemoration event. (The New Times)

Kwibuka 31

Kwibuka 31: Which mental health helplines can you use for support during commemoration period? Joan Mbabazi, The New Times As Rwanda prepares to mark the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, mental health support services have been … Continue Reading »

SURF Rwanda Office

SURF seeks a Treasurer

SURF is looking for a new Trustee to take on the role of Treasurer. Trustees play an important part in our life and work. They give their own time and skills to supporting the most vulnerable in Rwanda, without financial recompense. … Continue Reading »

Community Counselling Initiative Group

Community Counselling Initiative

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work on our Community Counselling Initiative. Through counselling for women victims of genocide rape, Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda have provided counselling in a well-structured … Continue Reading »

SURF Rwanda Office

Reparative Justice

In a Special Issue of Peace Review on Reparative Justice in Africa, Dr Noam Schimmel interviewed Survivors Fund (SURF) Chief Executive, Samuel Munderere, and Survivors Fund (SURF) UK Coordinator, David Russell, on their views on reparative justice. In the introduction … Continue Reading »

AERG Legal & Counselling Helpline

Legal and Counselling Helpline

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, 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 »

Light In The Darkness

Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2025, which takes place today, on 27th January, is For a Better Future. This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, … Continue Reading »