The work of SURF would not be possible without an incredible team of committed staff. Françoise Lemagnen was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in November 2013. She is supported by David Russell, who serves as the UK Coordinator. David … Continue Reading »
Author: David Russell
Summary of the Year
Here we describe a selection of our work in the year ending 31 December 2014, and look forward to the work that we plan to undertake in 2015. Widowed Survivors Empowerment Project (WSEP) Funder: UK Department for International Development (DFID) … Continue Reading »
A Note from the Chief Executive
The ‘raison d’être’ of Survivors Fund (SURF) is to respond to an explicit need from survivors of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. A visiting European supporter group to Kigali, in July 2014, asked us about the negative connotations of … Continue Reading »
The Year in Review / Preview
In the important 20th anniversary year of the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi the world turned its attention once again to Rwanda. We at Survivors Fund (SURF) were able to join with others, in both the UK and Rwanda, to … Continue Reading »
Ibyiza
Survivors Fund (SURF) is partnering with filmmakers Soenke C Weiss and Gerrit Hahn in a revenue-share of all proceeds generated from their documentary film – Ibyiza Birimbere. Ibyiza Birimbere is Kinyarwanda and means “The best is still to come”. The protagonists of … Continue Reading »
Holistic approach
Holistic approach needed to fix survivors’ problems. Letter published in The New Times. 12th May 2015. Reference is made to the Editorial, “FARG’s envisaged move could be the turning point” (The New Times, May 8). I would first of all … Continue Reading »
Reparations
Genocide survivors hopeful of reparations as ICTR winds up. By Edwin Musoni, The New Times. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), yesterday, heard the last arguments in the appeal case involving former minister for family affairs and women development … Continue Reading »
Hope
Genocide widows recount journey of thorns and hope. By Donah Mbabazi, The New Times. April 7 marked the 21st anniversary of the beginning of a hundred days of terror in Rwanda in which over one million innocent people were killed. … Continue Reading »
Remember
21 years later, Rwanda remembers. By Edwin Musoni, The New Times. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda all over the world will today commence the weeklong activities organised to mark the 21st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with … Continue Reading »
Property
Will Genocide convicts ever pay back all looted property? By Eugene Kwibuka, The New Times. First Published: March 20. As far as Aloys Rwamasirabo can recall, it’s been about eight years since a Gacaca court in his Western Province’s Nyange … Continue Reading »