Welcome to Hope Survivors Foundation
Hope Survivors Foundation is an UK-based organisation. The Charity was formed as a registered charity in the mid 2007s by a group of survivors of the Rwandan genocide living in the UK, with concert with their British supporters and friends.
Fourteen years after the genocide, survivors remain traumatised, largely forgotten: to combat this the charity supports survivors to build their lives after genocide by working with partner organisations to deliver a number of projects addressing both practical and psychological needs. In addition, the charity works in key areas of awareness raising and genocide prevention education work.
The charity has built up considerable expertise in working with survivors in the UK, and networks with organisations which share common interests, including goups working with Holocaust survivors. It refers survivors to the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture for professional counselling, and works closely with statutory bodies and individuals such as local GPs, hospital, social workers and education authorities who have responsibility for survivors. Through liaising with these groups, survivors circumstances are understood and their needs met. The charity keeps survivors infomed of its events and activities, encouraging the growth of a survivor network.
Formerly operating as IBUKA (UK), Hope Survivors Foundation is continuing with the same mission and objectives as before - only under a more focused and relevant name.
