Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
Last Friday a group of 30 counsellors from ten different local organisations completed a Foundation Course in Group Analysis. The training was made possible through a collaboration between Survivors Fund, the Institute of Group Analysis and AVEGA Agahozo. Group Analysis … Continue Reading »
An African proverb says, “If we educate a boy, we educate one person. If we educate a girl, we educate a family – and a whole nation.” By sending a girl to school, she is far more likely to ensure … Continue Reading »
Young Genocide survivors on how they changed dark clouds. By Jean D’Amour Mbonyinshuti, The New Times. The resilience of young genocide survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi marks yet another success story. The young survivors grouped under the … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2016, we outline here our current work with Foundation Rwanda. Through funding from Foundation Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) is currently addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived through rape … Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2016, which outline here our current work on the AERG Legal and Counselling Helpline. The helpline was established to fill the gap in support for young survivors with legal and mental … Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »