Vunga Cooperative

Washing Station: Nyabihu, Rwanda

Vunga is a woman-owned and managed washing station managed by Daphrose Uwimana, who has created a close-knit community and mentors a group of women farmers that produces special women-grown lots. Daphrose founded the cooperative in 2009, and is the driving force behind the exceptional coffee coming out of this station. In an effort to keep the tradition of coffee farming alive, Daphrose invested the money she made from coffee to purchase land with the plan to educate youth in her community about coffee. She hopes to inspire them to enter the coffee sector and continue growing world-class specialty coffee.