Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
A guest post from Rebecca Tinsley, Founder of Network for Africa We drive up a rough, rutted road of red dirt to a simple, rectangular, breeze-block building with a corrugated iron roof – the community meeting place or village hall. … Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
With our excellent international partner, Network for Africa, and our local partner AERG, Survivors Fund (SURF) is providing counselling support for hundreds of vulnerable orphans. Through socially-distanced group counselling, through house calls and by telephone, we try to equip people … Continue Reading »
In many elements of SURF’s work addressing the consequences of the Rwandan genocide, there is a relation to the Holocaust as well as other genocides too. On our current project with UK-based survivors and schools, we have been privileged to … Continue Reading »