This is the final of three cases studies of participants in the Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda Youth Camp programme. Case of B.D. Participant in Youth Camp 2019. “I grew up seeing my mother and the man I called … Continue Reading »
Category: Education
Case of U.C – A Participant in Youth Camp
This is the first of three cases studies of participants in the Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda Youth Camp programme. Case of U.C. Participant in Youth Camp 2017, 2019 I grew up sickly, had poor performances at school, took … Continue Reading »
The Case of JD – A participant in Youth Camp
This is the first of three cases studies of participants in the Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda Youth Camp programme. Case of J.D. A Participant in Youth Camp 2018 I am a young man, 25 years old. I was … Continue Reading »
Youth Born of Genocidal Rape
Two recent papers of interest with research on youth born of genocidal rape have been published, which we link to and showcase here. 1. ‘They Should See Us as a Symbol of Reconciliation’: Youth Born of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda … Continue Reading »
Strategic Planning (Education)
In the lead up to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2021 to 2023, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors … Continue Reading »
Foundation Rwanda Update
Happy Holidays to our extended Foundation Rwanda Family! Times are still hard for many survivors in Rwanda, particularly in light of the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the ongoing release of genocide convicts over … Continue Reading »
The Big Give
The Coles-Medlock Foundation have committed a £5,000 matching grant to our Foundation Rwanda programme for the vocational education and counselling of 40 young people born to women survivors raped during the genocide next year if we can raise an additional £15,000 through The … Continue Reading »
Education
Each year Survivors Fund (SURF) publishes its Annual Report and Accounts, which are officially filed with the Charity Commission. Our 2018 report is now thus publicly available to download and read here. Below is an extract from the report, highlighting … Continue Reading »
Hidden victims of Rwanda’s genocide
By Flora Drury, BBC News A 24-year-old Rwandan whose mother was raped in the genocide tells the BBC how he came to learn of the circumstances of his birth. Their names have been changed because of the shame surrounding rape, … Continue Reading »
Foundation Rwanda
Since Foundation Rwanda’s inception in 2007, Survivors Fund (SURF) has been a key partner in providing life-changing services to the Foundation Rwanda families, addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived by rape during the 1994 genocide committed … Continue Reading »