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HMD – 27.01.12 Speak Up, Speak Out
Every year on 27 January, the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). On 27 January 2012, Hope survivors Foundation (HSF) is asking you to consider what you see and hear around you, and to use your voices to Speak Up against hatred and discrimination.
Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future. On HMD 2012 you can take inspiration from the past to help you Speak Up, Speak Out and do our bit to ensure that the lessons of the past are not forgotten, and that our future is safer and better for it.
Speaking out… Continue reading
Shoebox Appeal 2011
Bring a little smile to a face!
Hope Survivors Foundation is planning Flip Flop Shoebox Appeal this year to send shoebox packages to Rwanda. It is a fun way to help very poor children to experience a little joy in their lives.
This year marks the 17th anniversary of the Rwandan Tutsi genocide. Around 300,000 children survived the genocide in Rwanda. The majority of these orphans now live in desperate poverty and lack of proper shelter, education and the means to earn money to buy basic necessities such as medicine and food. Beneficiaries will include orphans and impoverished children.
Many are teenagers who have been left with not adult figure to love or guide them. These orphans are left… Continue reading
17th Anniversary of the Rwandan Tutsis genocide
To mark the Rwandan Tutsis genocide 17 years ago, Hope Survivors Foundation (HSF) is organising a commemoration event to remember the millions of people who have been murdered or whose lives have been changed beyond recognition during the genocide.
We honour the survivors of the genocide and we use the 17th anniversary commemoration event as an opportunity to reflect on the ways in which we live our lives today.
The event serves as a launch pad for further events through the course of the year including Hope-Education project.
This year we are privileged to have Jean Paul Samputu (international artist) in the UK who survived the genocide and has established himself as one of the most prominent African artists on… Continue reading
