Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, 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 »
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Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate Extreme Poverty Project (EVWEP)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our mpowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Western Rwanda to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVWEP) Project. Survivors Fund (SURF), in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo, were awarded … Continue Reading »
Good Gifts
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our Good Gifts Initiative. Through funding from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to … Continue Reading »
The Closed Door Means I’m Busy, Dear
This is a guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of our partner, Network for Africa. Working from home during the pandemic has been a challenge for many people with children, or well-meaning friends and partners who don’t recognise that a … Continue Reading »
Community Counselling Initiative
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, 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 »
EVKREP
Survivors Fund (SURF), in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo, have been awarded a grant of $93,604 for an 18-month project from the Addax & Oryx Foundation. The Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Karongi and Rutsiro Districts to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVKREP) … Continue Reading »
Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Karongi District to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVKEP)
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our Empowering Vulnerable Genocide Widows in Karongi District to Alleviate Extreme Poverty (EVKEP) Project. SURF was awarded a grant of CHF 89,250 by the … Continue Reading »
Annual Message from SURF CEO
As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Report 2020/21, we feature from it a message from the Chief Executive of Survivors Fund (SURF), Samuel Munderere: When I think about the past year what comes to my mind is … Continue Reading »
SURF Annual Review 2020/21
As a prelude to the publication of our Annual Review 2020/21, we feature from it a message from the Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), Sam Hunt: The past year is one many of us will never forget – a year … Continue Reading »
I am Leah
A new theatre and radio play explores the search for identity of a Rwandan refugee who came to the UK as a child. A live filmed performance, and Q&A with the cast, will be made available on Sunday 13th June … Continue Reading »