Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work on our Community Counselling Initiative. Through counselling for women victims of genocide rape, Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda have provided counselling in a well-structured … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work on our Counselling Enhanced Reach Project (CERP III). Survivors Fund (SURF) has developed and delivered an array of mental health projects to support survivors over … Continue Reading »
A powerful new short film, The Things We Don’t Say, by Ornella Mutoni is now streaming on the Guardian. Ornella writes about her own experience, and the making of the film, in an accompanying article, where she notes: “It follows … Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »