Central African Republic: building peace amid conflict
“Peace is really important, isn’t it? If there’s no peace, we can’t come to school. That’s why the team from Aegis came to educate us.” It’s a hot day in late January as the Principal of Lycée Barthélémy Boganda, a school in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, addresses 2,000 students about to take […]
Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 at the Kigali Genocide Memorial
Today, on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, dignitaries and survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi gathered at the Kigali Genocide Memorial to commemorate the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, to honour all victims of Nazi persecution, and to remember all whose lives have been destroyed through genocide and identity-based […]
A conversation with Holocaust survivor Emil Fish at the Kigali Genocide Memorial
On the eve of International Holocaust Memorial Day, Rwandan students gathered at the Kigali Genocide Memorial to take part in a conversation with Holocaust survivor Emil Fish, listening to his testimony and asking questions about his experience (click here to watch the full conversation). Emil was welcomed by Dr James Smith, founder and Chief Executive […]
Aegis co-production ‘Getting Away with Murder(s)’ reaches global audience on Holocaust Memorial Day
99% of the people who committed murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted or even questioned. Why? David Wilkinson’s critically acclaimed feature documentary ’Getting Away with Murder(s)’, a co-production with the Aegis Trust, digs deep to find the answers. Recently featured in The Times of Israel and the Jewish Chronicle, it will be broadcast on […]
Rwanda: national dialogue on post-genocide identity
On 17 January, Aegis hosted Rwanda’s first national research-based dialogue at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on the theme ‘Post-genocide identity perspectives in Rwanda’. Staged as part of the Action for Sustainable Peace, Inclusion, Rights & Equality (ASPIRE) programme, the dialogue enabled researchers who are studying peacebuilding and genocide prevention to share their evidence-based findings and […]
Rwandan High Commissioner visits UK birthplace of Aegis Trust
Rwanda’s High Commissioner to the UK, Johnston Busingye last week visited the UK National Holocaust Centre – birthplace of the Aegis Trust, which collaborated with Rwandan authorities to establish the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the final resting-place for 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in 2004. Aegis Trust continues to run the Memorial […]
Peacebuilding: a gift for the Central African Republic
In the video above, Aegis CEO Dr James Smith introduces ‘Reverse the Ramraid’ – a campaign you can support to save lives through peace education with the Aegis Trust in the Central African Republic. The film opens with Alain Lazaret, Aegis’ Representative in CAR, discussing some of the extraordinary challenges peace builders can face. […]
Barbados PM Mia Mottley visits Kigali Genocide Memorial
The Aegis Trust welcomed Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados at the Kigali Genocide Memorial yesterday, where she came to pay respects to the more than one million victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Accompanied by Rwanda’s Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Hon. Dr Bizimana Jean Damascene together with Rwanda’s Minister of ICT & […]
Aegis hosts ‘Talk to a Friend’ – a special event on mental health in Rwanda
Through September, the Aegis Trust marked Suicide Prevention Month in Rwanda by engaging the public in a series of social media conversations addressing mental health and suicide prevention. The legacy of the Genocide against the Tutsi remains a big factor in mental health issues in Rwanda, and addressing it has to go hand in hand […]
Countess of Wessex visits Kigali Genocide Memorial
On 5th October, Her Royal Highness Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial accompanied by Lord Tariq Ahmad to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. They were guided through the Memorial’s permanent exhibitions, and laid wreaths at mass graves where 250,000 victims of the genocide […]