Transforming women, transforming Rwanda — measuring the real change in lives, families, and communities.
Health Insurance
Women cover Mutuelle de Sante
Bank Accounts
Own bank accounts
Entrepreneurs
Started own businesses
Community Leaders
Became local leaders
Today Gahaya Links has grown to include over 5,000 women weavers in 52 different cooperatives across Rwanda. What began as an opportunity for basic income generation and skills training for women has grown to produce positive multiplier effects in the lives of their children, their families, and their communities.
Our weavers have achieved access to education for their children, clean water and nutritious foods for their families, and secure housing for their livelihoods, helping to enrich and strengthen communities across Rwanda.
Sustainable income through basket weaving, jewelry making, and tailoring provides economic independence and dignity.
Earnings from weaving enable families to send children to school and invest in their future.
Improved nutrition and access to clean water and sanitation for families across Rwanda.
Cooperatives have built houses with iron sheet roofs, replacing inadequate shelters.
Gahaya Links has played a pivotal role in promoting reconciliation efforts over the years and has helped women address positive living and the stigma around HIV and AIDS.
In 2008, Gahaya Links won the 'Best Corporate Social Responsibility' award for empowering disadvantaged women in rural areas by providing training opportunities and access to global markets.