Year One
The Widowed Survivors Empowerment Project (WSEP) is a wraparound project funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development that provides holistic support to widowed survivors of the Rwandan genocide…. … Continue Reading »
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AVEGA Appeal
Each year, Rwanda commemorates the 1994 genocide perpetrated against Tutsi from April to July. The commemoration week runs from 7th to 13th April. During the period, AVEGA undertakes various activities… … Continue Reading »
Consequences
It is estimated that between five and twenty thousand women were raped and bore children of that rape during the genocide were born as a result of rape committed against… … Continue Reading »
Calvary
A guest post by Lindsey Hilsum, Patron of Survivors Fund (SURF). It is the season of remembrance. On Saturday May 5th I went to the Sainte Famille Church in central… … Continue Reading »
Elderly
Rwanda: Elderly Genocide Survivors – a Complex Problem. By Eric Didier Karinganire, Rwanda Focus. Rosaria Mukamusoni, 81, lost her entire family during the Genocide, and for her, it is not… … Continue Reading »
Post-Gacaca
Post-Gacaca compensations for survivors: A missed opportunity for Reconciliation in Rwanda by Albert Gasake In this paper, Albert Gasake, Legal Advocacy Coordinator at SURF, examines the problems that persist for… … Continue Reading »
Resolution
EALA backs Rwanda’s quest for ICTR archives and the call for an International Trust Fund for Survivors. From The New Times, 18th April 2013. Members of the East African Legislative… … Continue Reading »
Justice
Address of David Russell, Director of Survivors Fund (SURF), at The Berkshire Rwandese Community Event at Reading Civic Centre to mark the 19th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide… … Continue Reading »
Accountability
‘Never again’ means ensuring accountability for the genocide in Rwanda. Rwanda has made significant steps in the pursuit of justice for victims of the genocide 19 years ago. But many… … Continue Reading »
Commemoration
Survivors Fund (SURF) has supported a number of commemoration events in the UK, and further afield too, to mark the 19th Anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi. We supported… … Continue Reading »