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 partners in Rwanda such as AVEGA and IBUKA to provide counselling, livelihoods support, education and advocacy so survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi can rebuild their lives with dignity. In 2025, together, we delivered transformational support in mental health, economic empowerment, education and community resilience.
Highlights from 2025
Transformational Mental Health Support
- 10,337 counselling helpline calls supporting 8,438 survivors
- 419 Community Health Officers trained
- Depression reduced from 89% to 7% among programme participants
Youth Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
From 2021 to date:
- 7,239 young survivors supported
- Over 1,000 new small businesses launched
- Loans totalling over 170 million Rwandan francs disbursed
Practical Support and Community Projects
- 478 survivor-headed households received livestock
- 136 solar lights and 52 improved cooking stoves provided
- 895 students supported with school materials
Education for Second-Generation Survivors
- Philly’s Place learning centre delivered after-school and holiday learning programmes, library access, creative arts and sports activities for children of survivor families
What This Means
Behind every statistic is a story of healing, resilience and hope. Survivors are rebuilding livelihoods, children of survivors are staying in school, and communities are growing stronger together.
This work is only possible thanks to our partners, donors and friends – ranging from INSPIRE!africa to Network for Africa, Clifford Chance to the Charities Advisory Trust, Reaching Rwanda to Foundation Rwanda and many others – who stand alongside survivors year after year. For that we are truly grateful.
Read the Full Report
You can download and read the full report here.