On the news this week that Denmark has extradited genocide fugitive Wenceslas Twagirayezu to face trial this week, as noted below, we hope that this will influence the UK Government to extradite the five genocide suspects in the UK to … Continue Reading »
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Abishizehamwe
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo to provide support to genocide widows in the Southern Province of Rwanda through our HIV+ Survivors Empowerment Project which was funded through to March 2018 by Comic Relief and with the … Continue Reading »
Clementine and Iwacu Productions
Survivors Fund (SURF) works in partnership with Iwacu Productions to bring high-quality handicrafts for sale in the UK, including a stunning range of necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery through the Rwandan Beauty website. On our recent visit to Rwanda we … Continue Reading »
Daphrose
With Andrew Sutton and Rachel Collingwood of Central Studios, we have been in Rwanda filming an array of the projects of Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partners over the course of the past week. We will be editing these over … Continue Reading »
Good Gifts Catalogue
Through funding from the Good Gifts Catalogue, an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust, we have extended our support to thousands of widows and orphans that are beneficiaries of our ongoing livelihoods program, enabling them to become more independent and … Continue Reading »
New digital platform to ease access to genocide archives
By Frederic Byumvuhore, The New Times Kigali Genocide Memorial has unveiled its online educational platform that helps to display testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The launch took place at Kigali Genocide Memorial on … Continue Reading »
Women Genocide Survivors Retreat 2018
The 2nd Women Genocide Survivors Retreat was held in August 2018 in Kabgayi, in the Southern Province of Rwanda. It built on the successful inaugural retreat of last year. The three-day retreat brought together 40 women survivors of the genocide against … Continue Reading »
New Research Shows Traumatic Disorder Among Children Conceived During Genocide
by Daniel Sabiit, KT Press A new research on genes has shown that children who were conceived during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi have a high chance of suffering from Genocide related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) even if they never … Continue Reading »
Over 18,000 victims exhumed in Kigali mass graves
Genocide: Over 18,000 victims exhumed in Kigali mass graves By Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti, The New Times Forty-one mass graves containing remains of thousands of victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have been discovered and bodies exhumed from two … Continue Reading »
Understanding the effects of trauma on health
Understanding the effects of trauma on health by Lydia Atieno, The New Times Recently, the case of a girl known as Fabienne Isimbi shocked many after she passed away in her sleep. The 25-year-old was only a year old during … Continue Reading »