Rwanda Peace Education Program Concludes, Measures Impact of USC Shoah Foundation in Rwanda

Thu, 05/26/2016

The education, community and peace-building Rwanda Peace Education Program (RPEP) has concluded after three years, and its partners have begun to evaluate the impact of USC Shoah Foundation’s role in the program, with positive results.

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From April to July 1994, one of the most brutal genocides in human history occurred in Rwanda. It claimed the lives of 800,000 men, women, and children, most of whom were of Tutsi descent. Kwibuka, the official anniversary of the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, is observed every year on April 7. Explore this selection of testimony clips of survivors and eyewitnesses to the genocide from the Visual History Archive.

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New Rwandan IWitness Activity Every Week in April

Fri, 04/01/2016

Starting today and continuing each Friday throughout the month of April, IWitness will publish a new activity geared for Rwandan students.

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Rwandan Teachers Attend Advanced IWitness Training

Tue, 03/29/2016

At a training led by USC Shoah Foundation education staff, Rwandan teachers learned how to build IWitness activities and incorporate IWitness into the new Rwandan national curriculum.

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IWitness Publishes “The Bystander Effect” Activity about the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Wed, 01/06/2016

Students all over the world can now complete an IWitness activity about the dangers of being a bystander that was first piloted in the United States and Rwanda.

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Teachers Learn About IWitness at Rwanda Peace Education Training

Tue, 11/24/2015

The workshops, titled “Advanced Use of Multimedia in Peace Education,” were held at the University of Rwanda’s College of Education in Kigali Nov. 19-20 and 24-25.

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Testimony Presented at U.S. State Department Girls’ Science Camp in Rwanda

Fri, 07/31/2015

Two USC Shoah Foundation staff members gave a presentation to 120 high school students from all over the world who are in Rwanda for the three-week WiSci Girls STEAM Camp.

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Aegis Trust Launches Expanded Website for Genocide Archive of Rwanda

Tue, 06/09/2015

Aegis Trust and its partners have launched a new, state-of-the-art Genocide Archive of Rwanda online platform that gives access to never-before-seen information about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Today’s date, June 9, also marks International Archives Day.

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Rwandan and New Jersey Students Pilot IWitness Activity on Bystanders and #BeginsWithMe

Fri, 06/05/2015

Two classes on opposite sides of the world completed an upcoming IWitness activity inspired by USC Shoah Foundation's social media campaign.

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Aegis Trust Rwanda Staff Receive Archiving Training at USC Shoah Foundation

Wed, 04/01/2015

USC Shoah Foundation recently hosted a group of staff from Aegis Trust in Kigali, Rwanda, who came to participate in an onsite training on various aspects of archiving audiovisual testimonies.

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