By Kelly Rwamapera, The New Times At least 50 per cent of the youth in Rwanda were born after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and one would expect less or no cases of trauma among this generation that never … Continue Reading »
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Young Genocide Survivors Launch ‘Hope’ Activities
Young Genocide Survivors Launch ‘Hope’ Activities by Jean de la Croix Tabaro, KT Press. Thousands of students genocide survivors have converged to Nyanza district in Southern Rwanda to launch activities that restore hope among survivors’ community. AERG-GAERG week is an … Continue Reading »
Network for Africa
In a partnership with Network for Africa, Survivors Fund (SURF) has been supporting our partner organisation AERG to pilot a new approach to securing access to counselling for its members. The results have been remarkable, as noted here in an … Continue Reading »
Women Genocide Survivors Retreat Film
A Women Genocide Survivors Retreat was held in August 2017 in the Southern Province of Rwanda. The retreat brought together 30 women survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was organised by Liliane Pari Umuhoza, a former intern from … Continue Reading »
Widows: Facing life after death of the family breadwinner
In Rwanda, many widows are survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Statistics from the Association of Genocide Widows (AVEGA Agahozo) indicate that over 25,000 widows were registered immediately after the massacre. Valerie Mukabayire, the president of Avega Agahozo, and … Continue Reading »
Genocide against the Tutsi
Finally, the UN recognises the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. By Fred Nkusi, The New Times. The United Nations General Assembly recently officially designated April 7, as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in … Continue Reading »
Empowering Secondary School Leavers
With funding from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and in partnership with Survivors Fund (SURF), the National Student’s Association of Genocide Survivors in Rwanda (AERG) implemented the “Empowering Vulnerable Young Survivors who have left Secondary School to Create, … Continue Reading »
How Rwanda is aiding women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide
How Rwanda is aiding women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide News Deeply, by Tendai Marima A dusty courtyard fills with chatter and laughter as the widows and widowers of the Impinganzima home for the elderly in Rwanda’s Eastern Province wait … Continue Reading »
Economy
As we near publication of our new Strategic Plan for 2018 to 2020, we will be sharing here some background on Rwanda today, and drawing out the implications for survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and related … Continue Reading »
Angel and Jacqueline
Sunlight streams through Angel’s window, catching her metallic hoop earrings. She sits at a wooden table next to her mother, Jacqueline. They split a loaf of bread for breakfast and wash it down with tea. Jacqueline sprinkles brown sugar into … Continue Reading »