Gahaya Links is a Rwandan handicraft company with over 4,500 employees in more than 40 cooperatives across the country.
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Gahaya Links is a Rwandan handicraft company with over 4,500 employees in more than 40 cooperatives across the country.
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Gahaya Links co-founder Janet Nkubana is a champion for women in Rwanda. Her company has transformed women who were once enemies from warring tribes into business partners.
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Gahaya Links co-founder Janet Nkubana is a champion for women in Rwanda. Her company has transformed women who were once enemies from warring tribes into business partners.
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Rwandan women have been making baskets for centuries, using them as containers to carry food and transport goods or as decorations during weddings and baby christenings.
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Rwandan women have been making baskets for centuries, using them as containers to carry food and transport goods or as decorations during weddings and baby christenings.
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Gahaya Links' baskets have been coined "peace baskets," an embodiment of reconciliation and healing in a country torn by conflict.
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Gahaya Links' baskets have been coined "peace baskets," an embodiment of reconciliation and healing in a country torn by conflict.
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Under the "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act," Gahaya Links sells its handicrafts in American department stores such as Macy's, Kate Spade, Anthropologie and Same Sky.
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Under the "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act," Gahaya Links sells its handicrafts in American department stores such as Macy's, Kate Spade, Anthropologie and Same Sky.
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The company has helped to break the cycle of poverty for thousands of rural families, by turning a traditional handicraft into a profit-making venture.
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The company has helped to break the cycle of poverty for thousands of rural families, by turning a traditional handicraft into a profit-making venture.
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"Once you earn an income," says Nkubana, "you are economically empowered. You are given a voice, you can argue your values, you can argue your point, you can argue your rights."
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"Once you earn an income," says Nkubana, "you are economically empowered. You are given a voice, you can argue your values, you can argue your point, you can argue your rights."
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