Women's Day
In coffee communities, female coffee farmers face a disproportionate amount of barriers in access to resources and knowledge. The Coffee Quality Institute reports that the disparities of rights between genders in coffee-growing nations are some of the greatest in the world. Even though women are responsible for most of the work done on coffee farms, they are often excluded from decision-making processes and have less access to land, credit, agricultural inputs, training, information, and leadership opportunities.
We run a 15-month business fellowship that focuses on the development of women, providing industry training, business investment, and life and leadership skills, empowering women to protect their land, build profitable businesses, raise healthy families, and send their children to school. The Kula Fellowship was developed from lessons learned through years working in coffee communities in Rwanda as a comprehensive and holistic effort to support the next generation of entrepreneurs in Rwanda. Throughout the program, our fellows are provided access to industry-specific trainings, mentorship, personal development support, and investment opportunities — with the end goal of supporting entrepreneurs over the long-term to develop viable businesses and develop their household’s capacity to make informed and strategic choices about their health alongside the various social, personal, and financial dimensions of their lives.
