By Bankole Adeoye and Hope Tumukunde Gasatura April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days. As this … Continue Reading »
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The Psychological Burdens of Survival
Ahead of the Commemoration of the 28th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka 28) we publish here an extract from a commentary by Noam Schimmel on “A Postcolonial Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi … Continue Reading »
Youth Counselling and Entrepreneurship Project
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 »
Ibuka in drive to build digital genocide archive
By Bertrand Byishimo, The New Times The umbrella body of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Ibuka has embarked on a project to electronically store the archives related to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Components of … Continue Reading »
The DNA of Traumatized Women and Their Children
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 »
Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (YEEP)
The Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (YEEP) is a partnership between SURF and AERG (National Student’s Association of Genocide Survivors) and GAERG (National Survivor’s Association of Graduate Students) to deliver entrepreneurship, work readiness and vocational training, and access to finance and … Continue Reading »
Institute of Group Analysis Training Graduation
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 »
Psychological trauma can be inherited
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 »
Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 on 27th January, SURF UK Coordinator, David Russell, was interviewed by EachOther about the importance of the commemoration and how it relates to the importance of remembrance of the Genocide against the Tutsi in … Continue Reading »
Philly’s Place
Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samantha Hunt MBE, has launched a crowdfunder appeal with a target to try raise £60,000 to complete and equip Philly’s Place, a vital community and children’s education centre in Rwanda. As Sam writes…. Children in … Continue Reading »
