Rwanda: Coronavirus Crisis Fuels Mental Health Problems Among Genocide Survivors

The Stay-At-Home and social distancing mechanisms put in place by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus has hit many Genocide survivors hard with some checking into hospitals to seek mental health assistance, The New Times has learnt.

Survivors' Fund (SURF)'s team of counsellors and Peer Support Counsellors AVEGA, GEARG, and AERG have been providing telephone counselling services to over 500 survivors during the commemoration, which ended rom April 7-13.

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