A guest post from our partner, Network for Africa Dear Supporters, This fragment of wisdom comes from Helen Keller, who had her share of challenges. Born in 1880 in Alabama, she was blind and deaf. Yet, she went to Harvard (in … Continue Reading »
Category: Trauma
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 »
Foundation Rwanda
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work on our Foundation Rwanda programme. Through funding from Foundation Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) is currently addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived … Continue Reading »
Shooting Touch
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work with Shooting Touch. Shooting Touch, in collaboration with Survivors Fund (SURF) and Uyisenga n’Manzi, is using the power of sport (basketball) to improve Rwandan individuals’ … Continue Reading »
Shelly’s Angels
A guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa We drive up a rough, rutted road of red dirt to a simple, rectangular, breeze-block building with a corrugated iron roof – the community meeting place or village hall. … Continue Reading »
Strategic Planning (Health)
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 »
BBC Radio 4 Appeal Launched
The Survivors Fund (SURF) BBC Radio 4 Appeal is now live. You can listen to it on the BBC website here. It was recorded on our behalf by SURF Patron, Actor and Radio Documentary maker, Felicity Finch. The Appeal features … Continue Reading »
BBC Radio 4 Appeal
SURF Patron, Actor and Radio Documentary maker, Felicity Finch, has recorded a new BBC Radio 4 Appeal for Survivors Fund (SURF). The Appeal will be broadcast on Sunday 16th June at 7.54am and 9.25pm, and again on Thursday 20th June … Continue Reading »
Strategic Planning (Mental Health)
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 »
Counselling
A guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa There are some things that time does not heal Dear Supporters, This may be familiar to a few people reading this newsletter: you had a relative who returned from … Continue Reading »