A guest post by our partner Foundation Rwanda on the GoFundMe Appeal for Christine “When we finally have a home – we will dance until the sun comes up!” From April through July is Kwibuka 28, the 28th commemoration of … Continue Reading »
Category: Partnership
Towards an Ethic of Friendship in Academic Research
By Noam Schimmel, Lecturer, International and Area Studies and Development Practice A Reflection on Rwanda and Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi Since the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi and, in particular, since the mid-2000s, there has been a … Continue Reading »
Institute of Group Analysis Training Graduation
In November 2021, a group of 30 professional counsellors celebrated their graduation from a special international course delivered by the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) over a period of 18 months. Convened by Anne Morgan, with the support of Justin … Continue Reading »
Philly’s Place
Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samantha Hunt MBE, has launched a crowdfunder appeal with a target to try raise £60,000 to complete and equip Philly’s Place, a vital community and children’s education centre in Rwanda. As Sam writes…. Children in … Continue Reading »
AERG to mark 25 years anniversary
By Bertrand Byishimo, The New Times The Association of Genocide Survivors Students (AERG) will on Saturday, November 6, mark 25 years’ anniversary of its existence, coinciding with 18 years’ anniversary for the Graduates Genocide Survivors Organization (GAERG). With a theme, … Continue Reading »
Legal and Counselling Helpline
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our Legal and Counselling Helpline. The Legal and Counselling Helpline (Helpline) was established in August 2013 as a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and … Continue Reading »
Healing through therapy
How an initiative is helping survivors find healing through therapy By Lydia Atieno, The New Times The dark past of Rwanda’s history left many wounds in the hearts of survivors. It’s been 27 years since the horror of the 1994 … Continue Reading »
Together Everyone Achieves More
A Guest Post by Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa My first encounter with Rwanda, back in 2004, would change my life, and it was thanks to the Survivors Fund, known as SURF. When I met the founder, Mary … Continue Reading »
Network for Africa Partnership Achievements
An edited extract from the Network for Africa Summary of Achivements 2020 Report, showcasing the ongoing success of the partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and Network for Africa to deliver youth counselling to survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi … Continue Reading »
Black Lives Matter
Rwandan history and the testimonies of the Foundation Rwanda mothers show us that systemic racism and violence are not new. Our hearts go out to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson … Continue Reading »