A guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa There are some things that time does not heal Dear Supporters, This may be familiar to a few people reading this newsletter: you had a relative who returned from … Continue Reading »
Tag: Network for Africa
Network for Africa Xmas Appeal
The Network for Africa Xmas Appeal is to raise funds for the Youth Entrepreneurship and Counselling Programme, which is run by Survivors Fund (SURF) and AERG (Association des Etudiants Et Éleves Rescapés Du Genocide), through the support of Network for Africa. The project enables … Continue Reading »
Young Survivors Counselling Project
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2022/23, we outline here our work on our Young Survivors Counselling Project. Thousands of youthful survivors of the 1994 genocide are only now confronting the horror of seeing their families murdered. … Continue Reading »
Group Counselling with Network for Africa
This is a guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of our partner, Network for Africa. Trying to quantify emotions can be a tricky business, like nailing an omelette to a wall. How do you measure happiness or gloom? Doctors ask … Continue Reading »
Hope and Strength in 2023
A guest post by Rebecca Tinsley, Founder, Network for Africa On one of my early trips to Rwanda, in 2006, I took a group of friends to see our projects, hoping they would support our work. We visited a remote rural … Continue Reading »
Young Survivors Counselling Project
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Young Survivors Counselling Project. Thousands of youthful survivors of the 1994 genocide are only now confronting the horror of seeing their families murdered. … Continue Reading »
Youth Counselling and Entrepreneurship Project
Survivors Fund (SURF) has been awarded a grant of £20,000 from the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust for a new entrepreneurship project, which will supplement our Young Survivors Counselling Project funded by Network for Africa. The project will address … Continue Reading »
Young Survivors Counselling Project
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2020/21, we outline here our work on our Young Survivors Counselling Project. Thousands of youthful survivors of the 1994 genocide are only now confronting the horror of seeing their families murdered. … Continue Reading »
The Closed Door Means I’m Busy, Dear
This is a guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of our partner, Network for Africa. Working from home during the pandemic has been a challenge for many people with children, or well-meaning friends and partners who don’t recognise that a … Continue Reading »
Together Everyone Achieves More
A Guest Post by Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa My first encounter with Rwanda, back in 2004, would change my life, and it was thanks to the Survivors Fund, known as SURF. When I met the founder, Mary … Continue Reading »