As we near publication of our new Strategic Plan for 2018 to 2020, we will be sharing here some background on Rwanda today, and drawing out the implications for survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and related … Continue Reading »
Category: Income Generating Activities
Field Visits and Support for SURF
This week, Sam Munderere, Chief Executive of Survivors Fund (SURF) hosted two field visits, to demonstrate the vital work that the organisation continues to support. On Monday, Annemarie Hou, Chief of Staff and Director of the UNAIDS Executive Office visited … Continue Reading »
Sweet Potato Spaghetti
Young Genocide Survivors Turn Sweet Potatoes into Spaghetti, Win Funding. By Denyse Tuyishime, KT Press. When the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi started, Regis Umugiraneza was just four years old living with his family in Kinihira Sector, Ruhango district. The interahamwe militia … Continue Reading »
Pig Farming
The second of two articles from Adrian Veale (Project Umubano Kigali Business Training Coordinator and Survivors Fund (SURF) Trustee) on the recent visit by UK business leaders from Project Umubano, the UK Conservative Party International Development Social Action Programme. It was great … Continue Reading »
Project Umubano Business Training
In early August 2017, students from the Youth Entrepreneurship Training Programme (YETP) attended a week long course presented by UK business leaders from Project Umubano, the UK Conservative Party International Development Social Action Programme. Training was provided in many different … Continue Reading »
Youth Entrepreneurship Training Programme (YETP)
Skills, jobs and entrepreneurship are key to the well-being of young survivors and also contribute to strengthening the Rwandan economy. Survivors Fund (SURF) and AERG (National Association of Student Genocide Survivors) set up the Youth Entrepreneurship Training Programme (YETP) with … Continue Reading »
Good Gifts for Survivors
Through funding over many years from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, Survivors Fund (SURF) has extended support to thousands of widows and orphans that are beneficiaries of our ongoing livestock and livelihoods programme. This enables … Continue Reading »
Innovation Fund
Graduate Genocide Survivors’ Organisation (GAERG), the association of student survivors of Genocide (AERG), and the Survivors Fund (SURF) have launched an entrepreneurship innovation fund intended to support youth’s income-generating projects. The fund, launched on Friday, started with $50,000 (Rwf40 million) … Continue Reading »
Innovation Fund
Young and innovative entrepreneurs who wish to make the next step in developing their business can now participate in the Innovation Fund Challenge to win an investment in their company and mentoring by experienced, successful entrepreneurs. Last week, Survivors Fund … Continue Reading »
Jewellery
Rwandan Beauty from SURF Survivors Fund. Rwandan Beauty has been set up by Will Goodhand, a Trustee of Survivors Fund (SURF). Rwandan Beauty exists to bring the finest handmade jewellery to the western world, in the conscience that the imported … Continue Reading »