Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
We are pleased to share our new Survivors Fund (SURF) Impact Overview 2025, highlighting the remarkable progress made alongside survivor-led organisations across Rwanda over the past year. Founded in 1997, Survivors Fund continues to work with an array of local … Continue Reading »
New Research Highlights Complex Realities of Sexual Violence Experiences in the 1994 Genocide Recent academic research deepens understanding of one of the most painful and frequently under-reported aspects of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda – the dynamics and … Continue Reading »
Survivors Fund (SURF) is proud to share the success of our Counselling Embedding Response Project (CERP IV), which has made a lasting contribution to the mental health and wellbeing of genocide survivors across Rwanda, made possible through the support of … Continue Reading »
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026, which takes place today, on 27th January, is Bridging Generations. This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2024/25, we outline here our work on our Legal and Counselling Helpline. The Legal and Counselling Helpline (Helpline) was established in August 2013 as a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2024/25, 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 »
On 21 December 2025, Survivors Fund (SURF) in Rwanda partnered with Nu-Vision Optical to bring essential eye care services to older genocide survivors in Nyamasheke and Rusizi Districts. This one-day outreach provided urgently needed support to more than 320 elderly … Continue Reading »
A guest post from Jules Shell, Executive Director of Foundation Rwanda If you’ve followed Foundation Rwanda for a while, you know Jeannette Kawera. You’ve seen her grow from a determined student into a powerhouse journalist and a voice for the … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2024/25, we outline here our work on our Foundation Rwanda programme. If you are based in the US and would like to make a donation to support the work of Foundation … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2024/25, we outline here our work on our Good Gifts Initiative. Through funding from the Good Gifts, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to thousands … Continue Reading »
Help Rwanda’s most vulnerable genocide survivors and their families to rebuild their lives by enabling them to access healthcare, safer housing, better education and employment opportunities. Every penny of your donation goes directly to supporting survivors. In advance, we thank you dearly for your support!
