Winter Cove Foundation

The mission of Winter Cove foundation is to:

• Support programs and research that improve conditions for greater tolerance among diverse religious, ethnic, socio-economic, or cultural communities;
• Support original research in the field where intolerance conflicts are occurring to experiment with practical approaches to mitigate tensions between diverse ethnic and cultural communities;
• Explore and clarify principles that help make it possible for multi-ethnic societies to function successfully;

Winter Cove Foundation funds not-for-profit projects that fulfill the mission of the foundation.

Working Papers

We have two sets of working papers:

• A very rough set of unedited working papers is here.
• Our edited working papers, though still intended only to surface ideas and encourage discussion, are available on the top menu, and also here.

We are currently in Rwanda for the first time to learn about the country and to focus on what is happening in contemporary Rwanda, especially the progress towards reconciliation and economic development. Initially, we’ll just be listening, meeting people, and making contacts for a follow-up visit in the summer of 2010.

There are altogether too many NGOs here.  For all the good intentions and, doubtless, some good work the acute crisis is past and perhaps Rwandans are best able to help Rwandans. We are not professing to help, only to learn in a place where cycles of ethnic hostility led to a cataclysm before serious efforts to truly break the cycle began.