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As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Report 2017-18, we feature from it a message from the Chief Executive of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samuel Munderere: During the year 2017, Survivors Fund (SURF) helped improve the lives of hundreds … Continue Reading »
As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Report 2017-18, we feature from it a message from the Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Sam Hunt: This has been a busy year of many challenges but also many successes for … Continue Reading »
This month, Survivors Fund (SURF) hosted a small group of women from Northern Uganda lead by Dr. Erin Baines co-founder of the Justice and Reconciliation Project in northern Uganda and Professor at the University of British Colombia. The group came … Continue Reading »
The New Yorker recently published a powerful article, Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors, by Jina Moore highlighting the very concerning issue of the early release of convicted convicts. The full article is online here, an extract which we publish: … Continue Reading »
Founder and President of Genocide Survivors Foundation, Jacqueline Murekatete, has made a formal submission to Judge Theodor Meron opposing the early release of genocide convicts. Appended below is an extract of the letter… Dear Honorable Judge Meron, I am writing … Continue Reading »
The AERG Legal and Counselling Helpline was established to fill the gap in support for young survivors with legal and mental health challenges, so that they can access support regardless of where they are located. Patrick Nkubana of the Aegis Trust has … Continue Reading »
A guest post from Jacqueline Murekatete, Genocide Survivors Foundation. The United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) which was put in place to finish the tasks left incomplete by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the … Continue Reading »
The two-year HIV+ Survivors Empowerment Project (SEP) was funded by Comic Relief under their People Affected by HIV programme, starting up in April 2016 and concluding in March 2018. The project was coordinated by SURF and implemented by AVEGA Agahozo, … Continue Reading »
Many women survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda still struggle greatly with on-going trauma and more. Building on the success of the 2017 retreat, Liliane Pari Umuhoza (learn more about her below) is again teaming up … Continue Reading »
By Kelly Rwamapera, The New Times Parents work hard to have their younger children realise that which themselves were not able to achieve. Children, in the same manner, struggle to live the visions of their parents and pass them over … Continue Reading »