Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
Survivors Fund (SURF) in partnership with AERG (Association of Student Genocide Survivors) has just completed the first year of our ELE Project, though funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The ELE Project is focused on “Empowering Vulnerable Young … Continue Reading »
Despite Challenges, Genocide Survivors Feel More Hopeful Today – Ibuka Chief. Interview by Eugene Kwibuka, The New Times. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda across the world last week started a week-long commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In … Continue Reading »
Kwibuka 22: Women recollect the journey of hope and resilience. By Donah Mbabazi & Sharon Kantengwa, The New Times. Today marks 22 years since over one million Rwandans were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The tragedy has … Continue Reading »
Kwibuka22: Over 3,800 volunteers to help trauma victims. By James Karuhanga, The New Times Ibuka, the umbrella organisation for Genocide survivors’ associations, has prepared 3,800 social workers to help trauma victims during the 22nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against … Continue Reading »
Expedite Compensation of Genocide Survivors – Senators. The New Times, 29th March 2016. By Rodrigue Rwirahira The Executive Secretary for the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) appeared in senate on Monday to explain the commission’s role seeking solutions to … Continue Reading »
Tired Of Misery, Genocide Survivors Establish A Billion Francs Fund. By KT PRESS, 13th March 2016 A group of students, all members of the association of survivors of genocide against Tutsi (AERG), has established a multimillion fund from which they … Continue Reading »
We commemorated this past month, the 3rd Anniversary of the loss of Benon Banya, SURF’s accountant. And a friend to all. He died undertaking a climb on Mount Kilimanjaro in 2013 to raise money for SURF. A long-time supporter, this was … Continue Reading »
Last week a group of 26 students and teachers from Sandhurst School, Berkshire in the UK led by Samantha Hunt, SURF’s Chairperson and Deputy Head Teacher at this school, visited SURF’s projects in Rwanda and most importantly took part in rebuilding the lives of survivors through a range … Continue Reading »
A three-year Survivors Fund project has significantly improved the income and wellbeing of 13,453 widowed survivors and their dependents, external evaluators have concluded. The Genocide Widows Empowerment Project (GWEP) also exceeded its targets to reduce the number of survivor households … Continue Reading »
Emmanuel Kayitare is 20 years old, currently S2 at Musambira Secondary School in the Kamonyi District. What Emmanuel values in life is to study. His message to other children like him, “…is to feel easy at their problems even though … Continue Reading »