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From 1st to 3rd February 2019, a three-day Leadership for Life training was conducted for 100 youth members of GAERG and AERG, in partnership with Emerging Leaders. The programme, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, is aimed at equipping the … Continue Reading »
In January 2018, SURF received a grant of £20,000 from the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust to provide vocational skills training and counselling to 50 youth born of genocide rape. The support from the Trust helped to provide skills … Continue Reading »
Genocide survivors launch Rwf50 million investment fund By Julius Bizimungu, The New Times Groupe des Anciens Etudiants et Elèves Rescapés du Genocide (GAERG), an organisation founded by Rwandan graduate Genocide survivors, has launched an investment trust Fund, dubbed G-Innovation Development … Continue Reading »
An article about SURF’s work with children born of genocide rape, first published on Deutsche Welle (by Eva de Vries), which we publish for the first time here on our website… During the Rwandan genocide, estimates suggest that 250,000 to … Continue Reading »
CNLG appeals for effective remedies for trauma among genocide survivors By Emmanuel Ntirenganya, The New Times Trauma among genocide survivors is high and urgent response is needed to help the affected recover from it, the Executive Secretary of CNLG (National Commission … Continue Reading »
On the news this week that Denmark has extradited genocide fugitive Wenceslas Twagirayezu to face trial this week, as noted below, we hope that this will influence the UK Government to extradite the five genocide suspects in the UK to … Continue Reading »
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo to provide support to genocide widows in the Southern Province of Rwanda through our HIV+ Survivors Empowerment Project which was funded through to March 2018 by Comic Relief and with the … Continue Reading »
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with Iwacu Productions to bring high-quality handicrafts for sale in the UK, including a stunning range of necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery through the Rwandan Beauty website. On our recent visit to Rwanda we … Continue Reading »
With Andrew Sutton and Rachel Collingwood of Central Studios, we have been in Rwanda filming an array of the projects of Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partners over the course of the past week. We will be editing these over … Continue Reading »
Through funding from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to thousands of widows and orphans that are beneficiaries of our ongoing livelihoods program, enabling them to become more independent and … Continue Reading »