Torch for Peace returns to Kenya High Commission after 1,000km relay
Following Sunday’s conclusion of the ten-day 2016 Kenya Peace Torch Relay around the UK (www.run4peace.co.uk), Adam Holland – the only athlete to run all 1000km, accompanied for 10k segments by members of the public – yesterday returned the torch to H.E. Lazarus Amayo, Kenya’s High Commissioner in London. Backed by sponsors including Up & Running and […]
Aegis offers grants to Rwandan researchers
The Aegis Trust is pleased to announce a third call for proposals by Rwandan researchers as part of its Research, Policy and Higher Education programme. The programme supports Rwandan researchers to develop policy-relevant academic papers and associated policy briefs on a range of topics related to genocide prevention and peace building. The research grants are […]
Runner to pass 500-mile mark in Bristol tomorrow on Aegis’ nationwide Kenya Peace Torch Relay
Departing 7.00am from Pure Gym on Leander Way in Bristol tomorrow, ultra-runner Adam Holland will pass the 500-mile mark on the ten-day, 1,000km Kenya Peace Torch Relay having completed 800km (497 miles) by tonight. Members of the public are joining Adam for 10km segments of the relay, signing up via www.run4peace.co.uk/join. Adam is the only […]
John Kerry at Kigali Genocide Memorial: “Thank you for your work in prevention and healing.”
https://youtu.be/uJOeva3UdzQ On Friday 14 October, US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to honour the memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 at the request of the Rwandan Government and Kigali City Council, the Kigali Genocide Memorial continues […]
Adam Holland to be sole athlete completing 1,000km Run4Peace 2016
Adam Holland is now set to be the sole ultra-runner completing a gruelling 100km each day for ten days on the Aegis Trust’s Run4Peace 2016 – a torch relay with a hundred 10km segments open to the public, passing through some of the UK’s biggest cities at the end of October to raise funds for […]
UK record-breakers urge runners to join them for nationwide peace torch relay
https://youtu.be/2JaAbK1rofY In a 30-second video featuring Kenyan running legend Wilson Kipsang – who smashed the Marathon World Record at Berlin in 2013 – record-breaking ultra runners Adam Holland and Rob Young urge people everywhere to join them for next month’s nationwide Run4Peace 2016 (http://www.run4peace.co.uk), a torch relay which will cover 1,000km in just ten days (ten 10km […]
Aegis regional director receives peace award in the Hague
The Aegis Trust’s Regional Director in East Africa, Freddy Mutanguha, was honoured in the Hague on Monday at the inauguration of the Peace, Justice and Security Foundation, which aims to stimulate and support more inclusive public and institutional dialogue on these issues. At the gala, Mr. Mutanguha was presented with the inaugural Peace, Justice, and […]
Rwandans Researching Rwanda: Social Science Perspectives on Post-Genocide Challenges
Conference hosted by Aegis Trust programme in Research, Policy and Higher Education Umubano Novotel Hotel, Kacyiru, Kigali Wednesday, 27 July 2016 The conference will showcase the work of 10 Rwandan researchers who over the last 18 months have taken part in the Aegis Trust Research, Policy and Higher Education (RPHE) programme, funded by the […]
Breaking Point: fostering conditions for violence
Aegis Chief Executive Dr James Smith reflects on the murder of Jo Cox MP and EU referendum campaign through the lens of the recent acts of massive violence. Yesterday would have been Jo Cox’s 42nd birthday. What should have been a family celebration was instead an occasion of national grief: a moment in which many […]
Jesse Jackson at Kigali Genocide Memorial: “May God save us from evils”
On Monday 14 June, a group led by Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the famous American civil rights activist, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to learn more about the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and to pay respects to the victims. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 at the request […]