One of the students interning with us at SURF writes about her experience! “This is what kept me busy in Rwanda! For the last seven weeks I have been interning at SURF (Survivors Fund), an organization that funds projects of … Continue Reading »
Category: News
Cohesion
Rwanda: Social Cohesion Fundamental for Sustainable Development, Says First Lady. By Athan Tashobya, The New Times. The First Lady and Chairperson of Unity Club, Mrs Jeannette Kagame, has said that Rwandans can only achieve sustainable development if all stakeholders, including … Continue Reading »
Trust Fund
Ibuka Roots for Trust Funds to Support Genocide Survivors. By Jane Nabukera, News of Rwanda. Ibuka, the umbrella of Genocide survivors associations is engaging government of Rwanda and the United Nations (UN) to establish a fund that will support survivors’ … Continue Reading »
Widows
Avega-Agahozo Join the World to Celebrate International Widows Day. By Diane Mushimijimana, Rwanda Focus. 23rd June 2016. Avega Agahozo – Association of Widowed Genocide Survivors – were joined by other organizations for the welfare of widows in Rwanda today to … Continue Reading »
Ducks for Peace
Through the Good Gifts Catalogue, Survivors Fund (SURF) supports a number of livestock projects which provide vital assistance to genocide survivors, in particular vulnerable genocide widows. One of the projects provides ducks through supporters that buy Ducks for Peace from … Continue Reading »
Comic Relief
Survivors Fund (SURF) launches Comic Relief funded project in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo in the Southern Province. By Minnie Karanja, The New Times. On May 27th 2016 Survivors Fund (SURF) and AVEGA launched a two year Comic Relief funded project … Continue Reading »
FARG
FARG in new financing scheme to support genocide survivors. By Michel Nkurunziza, The Rwanda Focus. From 13th April 2016. The Genocide Survivors’ Assistance Fund (FARG) has announced new financing mechanisms to support vulnerable genocide survivors. At the start of the 22 … Continue Reading »
Kabarondo
Rwandan genocide survivors hope for justice from Paris trial. By Stephanie Aglietti. Kabarondo (Rwanda) (AFP) – Twenty-two years after the Rwandan genocide, Jean-Damascene Rutagungira still cannot bear the sight of the Catholic church in the eastern village of Kabarondo, where his … Continue Reading »
Entrepreneurship
Survivors Fund (SURF) in partnership with AERG (Association of Student Genocide Survivors) has just completed the first year of our ELE Project, though funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The ELE Project is focused on “Empowering Vulnerable Young … Continue Reading »
IBUKA Interview
Despite Challenges, Genocide Survivors Feel More Hopeful Today – Ibuka Chief. Interview by Eugene Kwibuka, The New Times. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda across the world last week started a week-long commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In … Continue Reading »