Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
The 23-year-old with 24 kids: Genocide orphans form their own families By Sally Hayden for CNN, Published 24th April 2014 It’s a sunny April afternoon at the University of Rwanda College of Education in Kigali. Some students huddle in groups … Continue Reading »
Young British people are highly engaged in supporting survivors of the Rwandan genocide thanks to the efforts of dedicated teachers. Sam Hunt, Deputy Head at the UK’s Sandhurst School and Chair of SURF, has been working with young people through … Continue Reading »
On the international launch of Kwibuka20, Rwanda’s official campaign to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) and its partner organisations call on the international community to continue to address the ongoing … Continue Reading »
The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, while addressing 400 girls who are members of the Association of Genocide Survivor Students (AERG), in Rwamagana yesterday urged them to take on today’s challenges head on and persistently work hard toward a bright future. … Continue Reading »
The overarching aim of the Education into Employment programme is to combat unemployment amongst AERG members. It is skills-based and offers instruction in three main areas: I.C.T, English and job search and application. I.C.T. The I.C.T training includes all standard … Continue Reading »
Children from Genocide rape to get FARG assistance. Jean Damascène Niyitegeka, The Rwanda Focus. 12th August 2013. The repercussions of 1994 Genocide that killed more than a million people are still felt in countless ways today. Some of the survivors … Continue Reading »
The dilemma of children born of rape in the 1994 Genocide. By Jean de la Croix, The New Times. 1st July 2013. About 800 women, mostly single mothers, who were raped during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and conceived … Continue Reading »
Mukasekuru is 49 years and one of the mothers supported by Foundation Rwanda she remarried after the genocide and has 3 children. One of those children and the oldest is Nyampinga 18 years old, she was born as a result … Continue Reading »
It is estimated that between five and twenty thousand women were raped and bore children of that rape during the genocide. Children born of these rapes – referred to in their villages as ‘children of the interahamwe‘, or ‘children of … Continue Reading »
Teaching the Rwandan genocide can be a daunting task for teachers. Many practitioners feel ill-equipped to answer the countless questions which the subject generates, not to mention the moral and ethical dimensions. ‘Lessons from Rwanda’ is a new set of … Continue Reading »