Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Young Survivors Counselling Project. Thousands of youthful survivors of the 1994 genocide are only now confronting the horror of seeing their families murdered. … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, 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 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Karongi and Rutsiro Districts to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVKREP) Project. In 2021, Survivors Fund (SURF), in partnership with … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, 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 »
Genocide denial: A trigger calling for justice to protect survivors-mental health expert By Jade Natacha Iriza, The New Times Rwandans continue to commemorate for the 28th time, the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, for a period of 100 … Continue Reading »
Today, Thursday 7th April 2022, marks the start of kwibuka 28 (the 28th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda) and the commemoration of the UN International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi … Continue Reading »
Survivors Fund (SURF) has been awarded a grant of £20,000 from the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust for a new entrepreneurship project, which will supplement our Young Survivors Counselling Project funded by Network for Africa. The project will address … Continue Reading »
The Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda Left Lasting Marks on the DNA of Traumatized Women and Their Children By Natalie Crowley, What is Epigenetics In 1994, one of the most horrific civil wars took place in the rural country … Continue Reading »
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 »
From RT, January 2022 Chemical modifications have been observed in DNA samples from pregnant Tutsi survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and their children Severe mental trauma can be passed down across generations through chemical modifications of genes, according to … Continue Reading »