Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
Skills, jobs and entrepreneurship are key to the well-being of young survivors and also contribute to strengthening the Rwandan economy. Survivors Fund (SURF), AERG (National Association of Student Genocide Survivors) and GAERG (National Survivor’s Association of Graduate Students), with the … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2019/20, we outline here our work on our Legal Aid Forum Project. At the start of 2019, Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partner AERG secured a grant of around RWF 40 … Continue Reading »
As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Report 2019/20, we feature from it a message from the Chief Executive of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samuel Munderere: The past year has once again seen Survivors Fund (SURF) grow steadily, and … Continue Reading »
As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Review 2019/20, we feature from it a message from the Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Sam Hunt: It is my pleasure to introduce the 2019/20 Annual Report for Survivors Fund (SURF). … Continue Reading »
This is the first of three cases studies of participants in the Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda Youth Camp programme. Case of J.D. A Participant in Youth Camp 2018 I am a young man, 25 years old. I was … Continue Reading »
In a series of posts over the coming weeks we will profile participants in our Foundation Rwanda Youth Camps. As an introduction, we provide a summary of the programme here, which has been running since 2015 and has supported over … Continue Reading »
We post here the most recent newsletter from our partner Network for Africa which features our joint programme to provide trauma counselling to genocide survivors in Rwanda. Rwandan Women Holding The Family Together During The Pandemic Often, when someone from … Continue Reading »
Each month we publish a newsletter with the latest developments on our work, for which you can subscribe here. Our most recent newsletter includes information on our COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, the arrest of Félicien Kabuga and the Relentless Minds … Continue Reading »
First, we would like to thank all those that contributed to our our COVID-19 Emergency Appeal. We raised over £1,500 from supporters which we were able to use towards providing hardship and nutritional assistance for the most vulnerable households. So … Continue Reading »
By Nasra Bishumba, The New Times The uncertainty and instability surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 has worsened existing well-being challenges and contributed to new mental health problems among the survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, the Director of … Continue Reading »