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The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2023 is Ordinary People. It highlights the ordinary people who let genocide happen, the ordinary people who actively perpetrated genocide, and the ordinary people who were persecuted. And it prompts us to consider … Continue Reading »
Through the support of the Good Gifts Catalogue we have been able to procure, configure and operationalise a second Mobile Library in Rwanda which will make books available to refugee camps in Rwanda, in partnership with Impact Hope. The vehicle … Continue Reading »
In a new paper in Peace Review, Noam Schimmel interviews Jacqueline Murekatete of Survivors Fund (SURF) partner organisation, Genocide Survivors Foundation, on “A Critical Perspective on Reconciliation in Rwanda: Toward Peace and Coexistence, Centering Genocide Survivors’ Human Rights, Dignity & … Continue Reading »
The award-winning Reaching Rwanda project is planning to organise a visit to Rwanda for any interested adults from 24th July to 1st August 2023. Participants will have the life-changing experience of working with genocide survivors and orphaned and impoverished children. … Continue Reading »
Foundation Rwanda and KYBORA Partner to Empower Second-Generation Survivors Foundation Rwanda and KYBORA, a leading global advisory firm and investment bank, have partnered to launch the Foundation Rwanda-KYBORA initiative which provides small business loans and comprehensive support to second-generation survivors in … Continue Reading »
A guest post from our partner, Foundation Rwanda Many of you may remember when we first met Jean-Paul called “Boy” (by his mother) in 2007, pictured above at the age of thirteen. His body looked much younger than his age, … Continue Reading »
Statement on the Prevention of Genocide, condemning the ongoing Persecution and Killings of Kinyarwanda-speaking Congolese “Tutsi” community populations in the DRC. Following the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the … Continue Reading »
A Speech by Samantha Hunt MBE, Survivors Fund (SURF) Chair on the 25th Anniversary of Survivors Fund (SURF) I first visited Rwanda in 2007. It was during April, the time of commemoration. I remember seeing a sign written over many … Continue Reading »
As I am sure that you are now aware, Survivors Fund (SURF) is marking its 25th Anniversary in 2022 with a rescheduled 25th Anniversary event, which will be on Saturday 3rd December in Central London. Further details are as below, … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our GAERG Investment Fund. Groupe des Anciens Etudiants et Elèves Rescapés du Genocide (GAERG), an organisation founded by Rwandan Graduate Genocide survivors, runs an … Continue Reading »