Groupe des anciens étudiants rescapes du genocide

GAERG in acronym, is non-profit Association bringing together former
students who survived the genocide of Tutsis in 1994.

Historical Background:

GAERG was created in September 2003 in Kigali, the idea came in as former
Members were leaving Universities and Institutions of Higher learning
hence loosing the title to be active members of AERG.

The reason why it was created:

This was due to the fact that once outside the campus, many other  
challenges were to be faced, these including:

• Staying together for a core mutual solidarity.

• Facing together the competitiveness on the local Market

• Shelter problems

• Job crisis

• Own family set up

• Looking after Young Students still at Schools (left behind) by 
supporting AERG.

• Contribute to the well being of these ones tending or already
dropping out due to lack of means.

• Looking a way to be of a certain use to local Survival community.

• Organize ourselves for Remembrance work

Main mission of GAERG:

Right from the above reason, we fixed the main mission as follows:  
Grouping and empowering our members, the entire community and our
future generations so as to stand still in their struggle for 
Survivorship.

Organizational Vision:

To be a well known organization whose members are professionally, 
economically and driven to fighting against Genocide and its 
aftermaths.

Objectives:

In order to accomplish the above mission ,the following 0bjectives   
were set:

* Strengthening the capacity of our members to cope with problems related 
to trauma, justice, security, and social economic issues.

* Identify,and advocate for socio-economic problems faced by survivors of 
Genocide committed against the Tutsi by promoting GAERG members mutual 
material and moral support.

* Educating people to fight against the revisionist views of genocide in
Rwanda and elsewhere in the world.

* Perpetuate the memory of Genocide, by collecting and conserving the 
testimonials and any other thing in connection with the genocide in a
secure and sustainable way for future generations.

* Strengthening cooperation with other national and international
organizations fighting for the same reasons as our association without 
forgetting partnership with other organizations that fall in our goals.

* Fight for justice and compensation on behalf of the survivors of
genocide.

* Keeping, enhancing and increasing the production of the survivors of 
genocide from their properties