The Rwanda Trip 2002

An international group of Never Again members from around the world journeyed to Rwanda to be paired up with a Rwandan host student. The group spent two weeks meeting survivors, government ministries, prisons, orphans, NGOs and building relationships between the members of the group – learning together about the genocide and the processes of reconciliation. The Rwandan hosts were students at the National University of Rwanda. The visitors came from:
3 Students from University College of London;
1 student from London school of Economics and political science,
1 student from School of Orient and African Studies ,UK,
1 student from McGill University Canada,
1 student from Northwestern University,
1 student from Harvard
1 student from New York University ,USA

Never Again organized, attended and participated in the following meetings and events
• 2nd Nov 2004 Meeting with Gerd Scheuerpflug DED- Germany Development Service Kigali Rwanda.
• 4th April 2004 A lecture to All Party Parliamentary Committee for the Great Lakes Region – General Dallaire UK.
• 3rd April 2004 Never Again Rwanda asked a question about genocide prevention to the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in one of the offices in the House of Commons , London
• 3rd April Never Again International meeting with Lord Janner of Braunstone
• 2nd April Never Again International Meeting with Phillip Dodd at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
• 1st April Never Again International Rwanda Forum follow up meeting with the Foreign Policy Centre
• 31st March Never Again International speak at the Foreign Policy Centre’s Social Capital Forum
• 6th April 2002 Rwandan genocide Memorial seminar at the school of Orient and African Studies, remembering Genocide in Rwanda; "Building a firm Foundation for the future"
• 31st May 2002 Advisory meeting with Caroline Phillips, deputy Programme Manager, Rwanda, Africa great Lakes & Horn Department; UK Government Department for International Development.
• 1 July 2002 Seminar organized by by Never again , SOAS Participants included members of Never again , Genocide survivors and members of the Rwandan community in the UK.
• 17th July Never Again organized and hosted the book launch for: Micheal Barnett’s Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda: Micheal N. Barnett ( Cornell University press, 2002)
• July- August 2001 Institute for international Mediation and conflict Resolution 2001 Symposium
• November 2001 The shallow Graves of Rwanda (St Mattins press, 2001) Shaharayar M.Khan. Book Launch. School of Oriental and African Studies.