Event
Opportunity
07/10/2008
Event title: BRADFORD: Lunch with Liliane Umubyeyi voted the ultimate campaigner 2007- in aid of Rwandan Charity sponsored by The Great Victoria - (1059)
- Summary description - Liliane lost her family in the Rwandan genocide-100 days of bloodshed, which left 800,000 dead and now she co chairs a charity to help survivors. Come and hear her story. Members £10+VAT non members £25+VAT.
- Venue - The Great Victoria Bradford, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JX
- Timing - 12-2pm
Full description
Liliane Umubyeyi Co-Chair of Survivors Fund (SURF), the international charity representing and supporting survivors of the Rwandan genocide, was named as Campaigner of the Year in 2007 by Cosmopolitan Magazine at its Ultimate Woman of the Year Awards.
Liliane’s entire family were massacred in the genocide in 1994, in which one million Rwandans were killed in just 100 days. Since settling in the UK she has worked with SURF, first as a trustee, and now as Co-Chair, helping survivors both in the UK and Rwanda to rebuild their lives.
Liliane said: "I feel a responsibility to help the survivors. We need to tell these stories in the future. There are so many people who are traumatised and suffering. The only thing we can do is to talk about it so people do not feel alone anymore."
Come and here Liliane's story - limited places available, book online now!
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