Further to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2024 to 2028, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors of the genocide … Continue Reading »
Author: David Russell
Intare’s Story Featured on NPR
A guest post from our partner, Foundation Rwanda As Rwanda marks the 30th commemoration of the genocide (April – July), the country reflects on the immense progress made while acknowledging the profound scars that remain. While strides have been taken in … Continue Reading »
BBC Radio 4 Appeal Launched
The Survivors Fund (SURF) BBC Radio 4 Appeal is now live. You can listen to it on the BBC website here. It was recorded on our behalf by SURF Patron, Actor and Radio Documentary maker, Felicity Finch. The Appeal features … Continue Reading »
BBC Radio 4 Appeal
SURF Patron, Actor and Radio Documentary maker, Felicity Finch, has recorded a new BBC Radio 4 Appeal for Survivors Fund (SURF). The Appeal will be broadcast on Sunday 16th June at 7.54am and 9.25pm, and again on Thursday 20th June … Continue Reading »
Strategic Planning (Mental Health)
Further to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2024 to 2028, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors of the genocide … Continue Reading »
Counselling
A guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa There are some things that time does not heal Dear Supporters, This may be familiar to a few people reading this newsletter: you had a relative who returned from … Continue Reading »
30 years on
Writing in the Montreal Gazette, Dr Noam Schimmel documents an Opinion piece on “30 years on, how Canada can help Rwandan genocide survivors” that commitments should be made to accept a meaningful number of immigrants on a humanitarian basis, and … Continue Reading »
Intare’s Call to Action
A Call to Action: Healing the Unseen Wounds of Rwanda’s Second-Generation Survivors Born from Rape as a Weapon of War By Intare R., Second-Generation Survivor, Foundation Rwanda Ambassador Thirty years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the weight of that … Continue Reading »
Open Wounds
The open wounds 30 years after the Rwandan genocide: “The worst thing is not having been able to bury my brother” RTVE.es speaks with two survivors of a massacre that opened wounds that are still open. by Marta King At … Continue Reading »
Kwibuka 30 Virtual Exhibition
To mark the 30th Anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda we will be posting 30 images of the work of Survivors Fund (SURF) from across the years which has been focused on supporting survivors to rebuild their … Continue Reading »