A guest post by Rebecca Tinsley, Founder, Network for Africa On one of my early trips to Rwanda, in 2006, I took a group of friends to see our projects, hoping they would support our work. We visited a remote rural … Continue Reading »
Category: Partnership
New Mobile Library
Through the support of the Good Gifts Catalogue we have been able to procure, configure and operationalise a second Mobile Library in Rwanda which will make books available to refugee camps in Rwanda, in partnership with Impact Hope. The vehicle … Continue Reading »
Reaching Rwanda 2022
After two years of planning, finally the long-awaited seventh Reaching Rwanda visit arrived in Kigali in July 2022. SURF Chair, Sam Hunt MBE, who developed the educational programme and led the first visit in 2010 in her professional role as … Continue Reading »
Legal and Counselling Helpline
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, 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 »
SURF’s Good Gifts Mobile Library
The Good Gifts Mobile Library has been serving more than 1,600 students at Rugando and Kimihurura primary schools. The project has been growing tremendously and it has made a great impact on the reading culture of the students. For some … Continue Reading »
Foundation Rwanda Update
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 »
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 »