Through funding from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to thousands of widows and orphans that are beneficiaries of our ongoing livelihoods program, enabling them to become more independent and … Continue Reading »
Category: Income Generating Activities
25 Years On Film
We are proud to confirm details of the screening of our new film, 25 Years On, which will be at Rich Mix on 11am, Sunday 7th April, the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in … Continue Reading »
Vocational Training
In January 2018, SURF received a grant of £20,000 from the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust to provide vocational skills training and counselling to 50 youth born of genocide rape. The support from the Trust helped to provide skills … Continue Reading »
Genocide survivors investment fund
Genocide survivors launch Rwf50 million investment fund By Julius Bizimungu, The New Times Groupe des Anciens Etudiants et Elèves Rescapés du Genocide (GAERG), an organisation founded by Rwandan graduate Genocide survivors, has launched an investment trust Fund, dubbed G-Innovation Development … Continue Reading »
Abishizehamwe
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo to provide support to genocide widows in the Southern Province of Rwanda through our HIV+ Survivors Empowerment Project which was funded through to March 2018 by Comic Relief and with the … Continue Reading »
Clementine and Iwacu Productions
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with Iwacu Productions to bring high-quality handicrafts for sale in the UK, including a stunning range of necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery through the Rwandan Beauty website. On our recent visit to Rwanda we … Continue Reading »
Good Gifts Catalogue
Through funding from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to thousands of widows and orphans that are beneficiaries of our ongoing livelihoods program, enabling them to become more independent and … Continue Reading »
Women Genocide Survivors Retreat 2018
The 2nd Women Genocide Survivors Retreat was held in August 2018 in Kabgayi, in the Southern Province of Rwanda. It built on the successful inaugural retreat of last year. The three-day retreat brought together 40 women survivors of the genocide against … Continue Reading »
HIV+ Survivors Empowerment Project (SEP) Evaluation
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 »
Women Genocide Survivors Retreat Film
A Women Genocide Survivors Retreat was held in August 2017 in the Southern Province of Rwanda. The retreat brought together 30 women survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was organised by Liliane Pari Umuhoza, a former intern from … Continue Reading »