FARG in new financing scheme to support genocide survivors. By Michel Nkurunziza, The Rwanda Focus. From 13th April 2016. The Genocide Survivors’ Assistance Fund (FARG) has announced new financing mechanisms to support vulnerable genocide survivors. At the start of the 22 … Continue Reading »
Tag: CNLG
Research Centre
SURF is delighted that CNLG has taken firm steps to see the Kamonyi building put to effective use. The Kamonyi centre, built by SURF donors, for the preservation of the memory of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi was passed over to CNLG … Continue Reading »
Remember
21 years later, Rwanda remembers. By Edwin Musoni, The New Times. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda all over the world will today commence the weeklong activities organised to mark the 21st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with … Continue Reading »
Kwibuka 2015
Kwibuka 2015 to focus on tackling genocide denial. Activities to mark the 21st commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi will revolve around engaging the international community on the issue of genocide denial and revisionism, according to the National Commission for … Continue Reading »
House of Memory
Survivors Fund (SURF) has transferred ownership of the Kamonyi Centre, a purpose-built site for the preservation of the memory of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, as told by survivors, to Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight against Genocide … Continue Reading »
Challenges
The National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) has recently released an important piece of research on the psychosocial situation of orphaned youth survivors. 19 years on from the genocide against the Tutsi, many survivors continue to face challenges … Continue Reading »
Self-reliance
The National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) have announced that the theme for the 19th anniversary commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda will be kwigira (self-reliance). Fostering self-reliance for genocide survivors is the bedrock on … Continue Reading »
Pictures tell the story
As I approach the end of my visit here in Rwanda, I thought to post some of the photos taken by our photographer, Drew Sutton, which illustrate some of the projects and partners with which SURF is currently working: I … Continue Reading »