Help survivors

Rwanda: My Hope is all about looking to the future in the wake of Rwanda’s appalling tragedy.  Over the course of three months in 1994, one million people were murdered in Rwanda simply because of who they were – men, women, and children.

Those who survived were scarred for life.  They deserved the best possible chance to rebuild their shattered lives.  But for years, many never had that chance. Now the Aegis Trust is helping to change all that.  Its social programme in Rwanda helps widows and orphans obtain the food, housing, medical support, education and work they so badly need.

Protection

But the Aegis Trust doesn’t stop there. It is working tirelessly to keep up the pressure for international protection for the three million Africans in Darfur, western Sudan, who are currently at risk of mass murder because of their identity.  Aegis also monitors other situations where people could be at risk of genocide in the future.

Education

Fundamentally, however, Aegis understands the importance of education as the ultimate form of prevention – because the children of today are the decision-makers of tomorrow. That is why the Kigali and Murambi Memorial Centres in Rwanda communicate the lessons of the past to a new generation in Rwanda – and the Holocaust Centre in the UK teaches about past genocides to young people in Britain today.  And the testimonies of survivors lie at the heart of that work. Read more here