Justice
Noam Schimmel, a leading academic on the situation of survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, published this week a vital follow-up piece to his recent op-ed article in the Huffington… … Continue Reading »
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Summary of the year
Here we describe our work in the year ending 31 December 2011, highlighting our strengths and weaknesses, and looking forward to the work that we plan to undertake in 2012…. … Continue Reading »
Risk
We have examined the major risks to which the charity is exposed and review them at each Board meeting. Systems and procedures have been put in place to manage those… … Continue Reading »
Future plans
Our long-term plans are outlined in our Strategic Plan 2012 – 2014, and our more immediate plans are outlined in the Summary of the Year section. The focus of our… … Continue Reading »
How SURF is run
How SURF is run Survivors Fund (SURF) is a charitable company, registered in England and Wales with both the Charity Commission (1065705) and Companies House (04311565). This structure, which is… … Continue Reading »
Staff
The work of SURF would not be possible without an incredible team of committed staff. In Rwanda, we are thankful in particular to Gabo Wilson (National Coordinator) and Ariane Uwamahoro… … Continue Reading »
Financial Summary
INCOME We had a formal income target of £850,000, which we met this year. Since the Chief Executive assumed the post in 2009, income has increased by 60%, a remarkable… … Continue Reading »
UN Trust Fund
A guest blog post by Noam Schimmel, from an article published today on Huffington Post – A UN Trust Fund for Rwandan Genocide Survivors: An Urgent Need The 18th anniversary… … Continue Reading »
Human Rights
Survivors Fund (SURF) today tabled a submission to the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) in response to a new inquiry into the human rights work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office… … Continue Reading »
Impact
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) published today a new report on the Education Programme of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Tanzania. ICAI… … Continue Reading »