A guest post by Albert Gasake, Legal Advocacy Coordinator of Survivors Fund on a survivor’s reflection on the “I have a dream” speech. Today, August 28th, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the famous speech of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) … Continue Reading »
Category: News
EIE Update
The overarching aim of the Education into Employment programme is to combat unemployment amongst AERG members. It is skills-based and offers instruction in three main areas: I.C.T, English and job search and application. I.C.T. The I.C.T training includes all standard … Continue Reading »
Assistance
Children from Genocide rape to get FARG assistance. Jean Damascène Niyitegeka, The Rwanda Focus. 12th August 2013. The repercussions of 1994 Genocide that killed more than a million people are still felt in countless ways today. Some of the survivors … Continue Reading »
Inheritance
Protect young Genocide survivors’ inheritance rights. Editorial, The New Times. August 10, 2013. Members of a taskforce set up by the Prime Minister to come to the bottom of thousands of cases of injustice suffered by Genocide survivors have their … Continue Reading »
Reparative Justice
The issue of reparative justice, reconciliation and reintegration. From: Healing Fractured Lives: Reconciliation and reintegration in Rwanda by Aurélien Tobie with François Masabo for International Alert (September 2012). Justice is by far the most contentious issue within the reintegration context. It is … Continue Reading »
Finale
Today marked the finale of Project Umubano, with two sessions as the culmination of our community and business projects. In the morning, an array of SURF’s partner organisations pitched their projects to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide to … Continue Reading »
A Day in SURF
Guest post from David Russell, Director of Survivors Fund (SURF). In my post as Director of Survivors Fund (SURF), I travel to Rwanda three times a year. Each summer, I accompany the UK Conservative Party on Project Umubano, which is … Continue Reading »
Umubano 2013
Back in 2007, Survivors Fund (SURF) assisted the UK Conservative Party to organise Project Umubano, a two-week international social action programme for party members to provide them with a unique first-hand experience of international development. Developed in 2007 by Andrew … Continue Reading »
Advert
Survivors Fund (SURF) is proud to announce the launch of its first television advertising spot. The spot has been developed in response to an opportunity to secure free advertising space on an array of digital channels over the summer months. … Continue Reading »
Dilemma
The dilemma of children born of rape in the 1994 Genocide. By Jean de la Croix, The New Times. 1st July 2013. About 800 women, mostly single mothers, who were raped during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and conceived … Continue Reading »