Ange taking inventory at Unique One, her thriving liquor shop in Kigali. Thanks to a KYBORA microgrant, she's now able to support herself and her family (Credit: Serrah Galos)

Foundation Rwanda Impact Report

A guest post from our partner, Foundation Rwanda Last year, thanks to your generous support, we achieved incredible milestones. From empowering over 660 women and children through trauma counseling to creating the KYBORA initiative to provide 11 second-generation survivors and entrepreneurs with business training … Continue Reading »

Foundation Rwanda Mothers

Foundation Rwanda

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2023/24, we outline here our work on our Foundation Rwanda programme. Through funding from Foundation Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) is currently addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived … Continue Reading »

Second-generation survivors born from rapes committed during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda find healing, community, and advocacy at a Foundation Rwanda Counseling Camp. The camps offer participants counseling, career guidance, and reproductive health education. (Serrah Galos/ Foundation Rwanda)

Intare’s Story Featured on NPR

A guest post from our partner, Foundation Rwanda As Rwanda marks the 30th commemoration of the genocide (April – July), the country reflects on the immense progress made while acknowledging the profound scars that remain. While strides have been taken in … Continue Reading »

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Intare’s Call to Action

A Call to Action: Healing the Unseen Wounds of Rwanda’s Second-Generation Survivors Born from Rape as a Weapon of War  By Intare R., Second-Generation Survivor, Foundation Rwanda Ambassador Thirty years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the weight of that … Continue Reading »

Community Counselling Initiative Group

Community Counselling Initiative

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2022/23, we outline here our work on our Community Counselling Initiative. Through counselling for women victims of genocide rape, Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda have provided counselling in a well-structured … Continue Reading »

Foundation Rwanda Mothers

Foundation Rwanda

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2022/23, we outline here our work on our Foundation Rwanda programme. Through funding from Foundation Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) is currently addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived … Continue Reading »

Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

As part of the BBC 100 Women strand of programming, a new 25-minute documentary, Out of the Shadows: Born from Rape has been made available on BBC iPlayer. It follows Sammy Woodhouse on a journey of discovery to meet other … Continue Reading »

Second-generation survivor and tech entrepreneur Paulin Nkusi with KYBORA CEO Alan Vanderborght and his son Lucas Vanderborght. (Photo Credit: Serrah Galos)

Foundation Rwanda and KYBORA

Foundation Rwanda and KYBORA Partner to Empower Second-Generation Survivors Foundation Rwanda and KYBORA, a leading global advisory firm and investment bank, have partnered to launch the Foundation Rwanda-KYBORA initiative which provides small business loans and comprehensive support to second-generation survivors in … Continue Reading »

Community Counselling Initiative Group

Community Counselling Initiative

Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Community Counselling Initiative. Through counselling for women victims of genocide rape, Survivors Fund (SURF) and Foundation Rwanda have provided counselling in a well-structured … Continue Reading »