By Michel Nkurunziza, The New Times Prosecutors have filed about 400 cases of attacks on survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi over the past two years, The New Times has learnt. The attacks took different forms including verbal, written, physical … Continue Reading »
Category: Survivors’ Rights
Ibuka warns genocide fugitives using bribes to target survivors
by Emmanuel Nkangura, The New Times Grief engulfed Rukumberi Sector, in Ngoma District, on November 21 as hundreds gathered to bid farewell to Pauline Nduwamungu, a 66-year-old genocide survivor brutally murdered and beheaded on November 14. The brutal murder of … Continue Reading »
Ngoma: Missing head of slain Genocide survivor found
By Michel Nkurunziza – Emmanuel Nkangura, The New Times The missing head of a Genocide survivor who was murdered on November 14 in Ngoma District was found in a pit latrine where it had been thrown, a representative of IBUKA, … Continue Reading »
30 years on
Writing in the Montreal Gazette, Dr Noam Schimmel documents an Opinion piece on “30 years on, how Canada can help Rwandan genocide survivors” that commitments should be made to accept a meaningful number of immigrants on a humanitarian basis, and … Continue Reading »
Intare’s Call to Action
A Call to Action: Healing the Unseen Wounds of Rwanda’s Second-Generation Survivors Born from Rape as a Weapon of War By Intare R., Second-Generation Survivor, Foundation Rwanda Ambassador Thirty years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the weight of that … Continue Reading »
Strategic Planning (Social Protection)
Further to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2024 to 2028, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors of the genocide … Continue Reading »
Strategic Plan 2024-28
Every three years, the partners, trustees and staff of Survivors Fund (SURF) undertake a review of our work to date, and develop a strategic plan for our work ahead. We discuss what are the proiorities for survivors now and likely in the three year period … Continue Reading »
International Women’s Day 2023
Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity. International … Continue Reading »
It would be a shame if we only remembered
By Glory Iribagiza, The New Times “They should come here to the Genocide memorial and see how many people are buried there. They dare to say that we didn’t lose people; would I be here living on my own as … Continue Reading »
Perspectives of Women Survivors
As we mark the Commemoration of the 28th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka 28) we publish here an extract from a new paper by Noam Schimmel in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice on … Continue Reading »