Record

LevelSub-sub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)SCF/OP/4/RWA
TitleRwanda
Extent14 files
Date1962-1998
DescriptionReports, correspondence and papers relating to Save the Children Fund's operations in Rwanda, specifically regarding emergency programmes and family reunification.
Access ConditionsThese files have been closed for 25 years in accordance with Save the Children’s policy.
There are files and items in this series which contain personal information covered by Data Protection regulations. These files and items have an extended closure period.
Further information about the closures can be found in the relevant file level catalogue description.
Access StatusPartially closed
Closed Until01/01/2024
Administrative HistoryAllocations: 1962-1963; programme spending in 1994/95; see later annual reports for any subsequent allocations.

In 1972-1973 SCF made a grant for relief of refugees in Rwanda from the fighting in Burundi. SCF started working in Rwanda following the genocide in 1994. SCF provided emergency relief for Rwandan refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. SCF helped to set up a Family Tracing and Reunification programme to help children who had become separated from their families.

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