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DAVID RUSSELL SURVIVORS FUND (SURF)‏ JUNE 2010

RWANDA The Road Ahead. DAVID RUSSELL SURVIVORS FUND (SURF)‏ JUNE 2010. Rwanda Today. Population 11m 43% under-14 Labour Force: 90% agriculture 18% urban population. Survivors. 300-400,000 survivors 120,000 v. vulnerable 50,000 Widows Second generation. Issues Affecting Survivors.

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DAVID RUSSELL SURVIVORS FUND (SURF)‏ JUNE 2010

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  1. RWANDAThe Road Ahead DAVID RUSSELL SURVIVORS FUND (SURF)‏ JUNE 2010

  2. Rwanda Today Population 11m43% under-14 Labour Force: 90% agriculture 18% urban population

  3. Survivors 300-400,000 survivors 120,000 v. vulnerable 50,000 Widows Second generation

  4. Issues Affecting Survivors Trauma Stigma No restorative justice Lack of Advocacy Voice

  5. Issues Affecting Survivors

  6. Sensitivities • One Rwanda • The Genocide • Lack of Advocacy Voice

  7. Project Umubano 2008: Kinyinya Community Centre 2009: Education into Empoyment Project 2010: Leadership and Comms Project

  8. Project Umubano

  9. History Mary Kayitesi Blewitt Partner-led Holistic approach

  10. Survivors Fund SURF delivers… • Education • Healthcare • Livelihoods • Memory • Shelter ... and more

  11. International Wrongs • Immediate aftermath of the genocide • ICTR • Direct budget support • Forgiveness agenda

  12. Where are we now? • Survivors are still dispossessed and disempowered • Vulnerable, poor and in the minority • “Non-violent co-existence” not reconciliation • Supported, for the time being, by FARG

  13. Where do we want to be? • A world where the rights and dignity of survivors is respected • Self-sufficiency and independence • An empowered community • Rebuilt lives

  14. SURVIVORS FUND www.survivors-fund.org.uk

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