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  Posted on October 6th, 2011

  Written by Sandra

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  assistance, FARG, funds, survivors

  Over 100 billion Rwandan francs spent on survivors’ welfare

  

  Rwanda’s Prime Minister Bernard Makuza announces that, since the establishment of the Fund for Genocide Survivors, the government has spent Rwf 110.8 billion towards the welfare of survivors. The fund was established in 1998 to improve the welfare of genocide survivors by providing them with basic needs including shelter, healthcare, education and guidance towards self-sustainability.

• News & Events

  Posted on October 2nd, 2011

  Written by Sandra

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  assistance, reparation, survivors

  Rwandan survivors still waiting for reparation

  

  Juergen Schurr reports that at a conference in Kigali last month, survivors stressed once again that they considered that justice without reparation is not justice. As of today, judgments awarding compensation to survivors have not been enforced and survivors have yet to receive reparation.

• News & Events

  Posted on March 29th, 2010

  Written by Sandra

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  assistance, gacaca, post-genocide

  Rwandan organization calls for action against killing of genocide survivors

  

  Ibuka, the main organization of Rwandan genocide survivors, brought the question of survivors’ murders before both houses of the Rwandan parliament. According to Ibuka, twenty-six genocide survivors were murdered in 2009 in Rwanda. Nine women and several children are said to be among the victims.

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  Posted on June 5th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  assistance, housing, post-genocide

  Decent homes remain main concern for 1994 Rwanda genocide survivors

  

  The Hirondelle News Agency reports that owning a house remains the main concern for the 1994 survivors of the worst slaughter in modern history. More than 30,000 survivors are without decent housing.

• News & Events

  Posted on March 25th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  assistance, Congo, survivor, Trauma

  Congo women fight back, speak out about rape

  

  Michelle Faust of the Associated Press reports on how Congolese survivors of rape shatter local taboos around talking about violence against civilians.

• News & Events

  Posted on March 23rd, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  aid, assistance, funds, Rwanda

  Rwanda ambassador urges Canada to reverse slashes on aid

  

  Mike Blanchfield of Canwest News Service reports on Canada’s decision to cut Rwanda from its roster of countries receiving development assistance. Canada’s new roster features a renewed focus on Latin America, which the Conservative government has identified as a key foreign policy priority.

• News & Events

  Posted on February 20th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

  Tags

  assistance, gacaca, post-genocide, survivors, Trauma

  Increasing mental health disorders among survivors

  

  In the run up to the 15th commemoration of the 1994 genocide, a Rwandan association, dealing with post genocide trauma, has reported an increase of mental health disorders among survivors of the 101-day slaughter.

• News & Events

  Posted on January 23rd, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  Add new tag, assistance, peace talks, Stephen Lewis, United Nations

  No funding for peace talks unless women are at the table

  

  Stephen Lewis, who penned the foreword for The Men Who Killed Me, speaks at the 10th annual Policy Forum of The Institute for Inclusive Security in Washington, DC, about the need for women’s participation at peace talks.

• News & Events

  Posted on January 15th, 2009

  Written by Anne-Marie

  Tags

  assistance, FARG, impoverished, orphans, survivor, survivors, widows

  More than one third of Rwandan genocide survivors are impoverished

  

  Out of the 309,368 survivors of the 1994 genocide still alive, more than one third are impoverished and need assistance, according to a report by the Rwandan government.

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