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Home » News » genocide

08-Dec-2016

When Information = Power

This Human Rights Day we’re remembering the importance of education

Filed Under: News / 10 December, civil war, education, genocide, human rights, human rights day, Rwanda, Uganda, UN, war, women's economic empowerment

10-Nov-2016

Rwandan Women Reap What They Sow

Gradutes of our DFID project in Rwanda have seen huge farming success!

Filed Under: News / cooperative, DFID, genocide, graduate, IGA, income generating activity, income generation, land of a thousand hills, Rwanda

19-Jan-2016

Travels In Masai Mara

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, reflects on her life-changing trip to east Africa.

Filed Under: News / 1994, genocide, Kenya, kigali, Liberty Wines, Masai Mara, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, safari

14-Dec-2015

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2015

Here’s what we achieved in 2015…   In Rwanda: ·Women learned new vocational skills that helped them earn an income: In our urban project, women learned hairdressing and cookery and 98% said their income had increased since they joined Aspire; on average, the women were earning about £24/$34 per month by the end of 2015.  […]

Filed Under: News / Africa, agriculture, Aspire, child soldier, child soldiers, Counselling, empowerment, genocide, HIV, income generation, Joseph Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, PTSD, Rwanda, Uganda, women, women's empowerment, women's rights

10-Dec-2015

A Time To Heal?

9 December marked the first International Commemoration of Victims of Genocide.

Filed Under: News / 1994, civil war, genocide, healing, Holocaust, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, UN

10-Sep-2015

Two Faces Of Courage

Highlighting courageous people in Sudan and Uganda

Filed Under: News / AIDS, genocide, HIV, HIV/AIDS, humanitarian aid, Joseph Kony, LRA, sudan, Uganda, war

07-Jul-2015

A Winning Investment

A Rwandan business grad is helping Aspire women start their own businesses.

Filed Under: News / ambition, Aspire, business plan, education, entrepreneur, genocide, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Rwandan genocide 1994, women

07-Apr-2015

A Reason To Smile

Finding reasons for hope on the 21st anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide

Filed Under: News / genocide, heart, hills, kigali, kwibuka, land of a thousand hills, love, remembrance, Rwanda, tourist, violence

27-Jan-2015

A Hollywood Dream

Honouring the life of a Holocaust survivor

Filed Under: News / 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, Auschwitz, death camps, films, genocide, Hitler, Hollywood, Holocaust, liberation, movies, Rwanda, Sunset Boulevard

14-Dec-2014

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2014

Here’s what we achieved in 2014…   In Rwanda:   ·Women started earning sustainable incomes: 98% of the women said their income had increased since they joined Aspire and only 9% of the women identified themselves as unemployed at the end of the year, down from 58% at the start of the project.  The Aspire […]

Filed Under: News / genocide, mental health, mental illness, post-conflict, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, trauma, Uganda, vocational training, war, women's empowerment

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