Rwanda Peace Partnership launched at the Kigali Genocide Memorial

Rwanda Peace Partnership launch

The Aegis Trust, Interpeace and Never Again Rwanda today came together at the Kigali Genocide Memorial to launch the Rwanda Peace Partnership. Supported by Sida, Sweden’s Government Agency for Development Cooperation, this collaborative framework will help deliver complementary programmes for a peaceful, cohesive and inclusive Rwandan society. The launch of this unique partnership was themed under […]

Genocide denial: discover how to recognise and respond to this rising threat

Panel discussion - recognising and responding to Genocide denial

On Wednesday June 30th, join Dr Catherine Gilbert (Newcastle University) and Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo (University College, Cork) as they moderate a panel discussion bringing together experts who can help us learn how to recognise and respond to this rising threat: www.bit.ly/GenocideDenial The panel will include Rwandan and international experts from academia and civil society […]

From Hate to Humanity: September webcast series

Join Romeo Dallaire with the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial for 'From Hate to Humanity: Lessons from Rwanda' - a live 3-part webcast series, September 2020

If people can reconcile after genocide, they can reconcile after anything. That’s the hope born from Rwanda. In ‘From Hate to Humanity’, a live three-part webcast series this September, the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial will unpack how that hope is becoming a reality, not only in Rwanda, but way beyond its borders. BOOK TICKETS […]

Online peace education platform launched in Rwanda

Rwandan teachers explore a pilot version of the Ubumuntu Digital Platform - www.ubumuntu.rw

An innovative new online peace education platform is set to be launched in Rwanda today. The Aegis Trust and the Rwanda Education Board will officially launch the Ubumuntu Digital Platform – www.ubumuntu.rw – at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Peace School, 3:00pm local time this afternoon. Developed by Aegis to support delivery and expansion of its […]

Aegis Trust to partner with Civility Experts Worldwide

Civility Experts Worldwide visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 2018

The Aegis Trust is pleased to announce a global partnership with Civility Experts Worldwide. This partnership will draw upon the peace and values curricula and educational expertise that Aegis has developed and will be used in a new program called Leading with Humanity, developed by Civility Experts Inc. Civility Experts Worldwide is led by CEO Lew […]

Swedish pride in peacebuilding success

HE Helena Rietz receives Ubumuntu pin badge from Aegis Africa Representative Freddy Mutanguha at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, November 2018

Ambassador Helena Rietz, now Head of the Africa Department at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign affairs, today expressed Stockholm’s pride in the Aegis Trust’s peacebuilding education work in Rwanda – for which the Swedish Government has provided significant support.  Ambassador Rietz was visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda for the second time. Having previously […]

Aegis launches exhibition with UNITAR in Geneva

Left to right: Aegis Chief Executive Dr James Smith, Esther Mujawayo-Keiner and Ambassador Beatriz Londoño Soto at the launch of ‘Education for Peace: Preventing Genocide at its roots’, Palais des Nations, Geneva 24 September 2018

At the Palais des Nations, the UN’s Geneva headquarters, the Aegis Trust yesterday launched a new exhibition in partnership with UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Titled ‘Education for Peace: Preventing Genocide at its roots’, the exhibition considers how humanity can be eroded in a society to the point of mass atrocities. […]

Aegis Trust Receives the Raphael Lemkin International Award

Dr James Smith (centre) and Freddy Mutanguha accept the Raphael Lemkin International Award on behalf of the Aegis Trust.

On 13th April 2018, Aegis Trust was honoured to receive the second edition of the Raphael Lemkin International Award in recognition of its outstanding contribution to fighting genocide and other mass atrocities, in particular by educating the young generation in Rwanda through its Education for Sustainable Peace in Rwanda programme, and commemorating and honouring the victims […]

Aegis equips Rwandan teachers to be local peace ambassadors

Capacity-building workshop for Rwandan researchers at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 26-27 Nov 2015

Teachers of Umubano Primary School in Rwanda have acquired skills and knowledge on peace and values in training organised by Aegis Trust to help them in delivering the new competence-based curriculum. Held at the Kigali Peace School during the week commencing 15 January, the three-day training programme introduced participants to the history of Rwanda, steps […]