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Start Date & Time
April 7, 2008
10:00 AM
GMT -5
End Date & Time
April 7, 2008
2:00
PM
GMT -5
Location
Washington Square Park
New York, New York, United States
Event Cost
free
Event URL
http://www.survivors-fund.or...
RSVP Info
Name: Rwanda Survivor's Fund
Webpage: http://www.survivors-fund.or...
Categories
Human Rights
Peace & Conflict
Genocide
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We are hoping that students from across New York will gather in Washington Square Park to read the testimonies of 100 young survivors of the Rwandan genocide from 10am to 2pm. These testimonies, highlighting the personal stories of young survivors (many now orphans), represent just a small proportion of the young survivors that SURF supports through IBUKA and its grassroots partners in Rwanda: AOCM, Uyisenga N?Manzi, Solace Ministries and AVEGA.
Reading of the Testimonies NYC will be the first outdoor event to be held in New York to mark the anniversary of the genocide. By taking the commemoration into a public space, and webcasting it, the event will convey to young survivors in Rwanda that, students in New York remember the genocide, the survivors and the victims.
SURF is inviting students from across New York to participate in the Reading of the Testimonies NYC. Those interested can apply online through www.survivors-fund.org/nyc
The Reading of the Testimonies not only will raise awareness of the plight of young survivors in Rwanda today but will also focus attention on SURF's US Campaign for Equal Access to Antiretroviral Treatment for Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide. The event will call on the US Administration to prioritize HIV+ survivors as an at-risk population to be targeted for access to antiretroviral treatment and
care. In light of the ongoing genocide in Darfur, we hope that the event will also raise awareness of the importance of acting to prevent genocide and the repercussions that result from inaction as witnessed in Rwanda.
The event follows the success of the first Reading of the Testimonies staged in Trafalgar Square in London in 2004, which helped to secure £4 million funding from the British Government to support antiretroviral treatment for 2,500 women survivors raped during the genocide and deliberately infected with HIV and AIDS:
On the UK Reading of the Testimonies:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3901985.stm
On UK Funding to Support Survivors:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4228339.stm
The Reading of the Testimonies is staged in association with:
Jacqueline?s Human Rights Corner - www.miraclecorners.org
Kuki Ndiho - www.freewebs.com/kukindiho
Foundation Rwanda - www.foundationrwanda.org
Voices of Rwanda - www.voicesofrwanda.org
Orphans of Rwanda - www.orphansofrwanda.org
The Reading of the Testimonies NYC will be lead by Mary Kayitesi
Blewitt OBE, Founder of SURF, with the support of a number of
survivors and Rwandan students.
The event is co-sponsored by:
Wagner Student Alliance for Africa -
http://www.wagnerstudents.org/clubs/wsafa.html
Wagner International Public Service Association -
http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/wagner.ipsa/ |
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