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"Dukunde Kawa" means "Those who love coffee". The Dukunde Kawa cooperative, founded in 2003 in the Northern Province of Rwanda near the village of Musasa, now has almost 2000 producer members. Most of them are very small producers with an average of 250 or 300 coffee trees each. Dukunde coop allows them to have their cherries processed in a central location and their remuneration has almost doubled since the creation of the cooperative. The cooperative has 4 washing stations and the level of precision with which they carry out the preparation methods is impressive. The cherries are all harvested by hand, pulped the same day and sorted into 3 grades. 

80% of the coffees harvested by the cooperative are harvested by women. This is why they have joined together to learn how to improve the quality of the coffee. These groups also work on improving self-confidence and on the place of women in the community. In addition, the association contributes to school fees for the producers' children and to health care. The cooperative encourages the women to find additional sources of income to be more independent, such as sewing. The quality of their work has enabled them to earn a better income and invest in their cooperative to improve it. 

We work with the Dukunde kawa cooperative because we share their philosophy of constantly improving quality and better remuneration for producers.