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Matriarch Coffee – Rwanda Specialty Coffee
Description: Buy ethically sourced coffee from women owned/managed farms. Our coffee comes from farms that implement innovative best practices that yield sustainable production of high-quality beans. Our social responsibility is to invest in health and wellbeing of farming communities particularly women and children.
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The majority of farmers at our partner coffee farms report improved ways of farming and positive livelihood changes citing the ability to afford basic needs and the purchase of livestock as top outcomes. ~ 60 Decibels Report
Ms. Marie Mukamurenzi, Chris's mum, was raised in a family of coffee farmers in the heart of the high hills of South-West of Rwanda. After finishing her secondary school education, she became a teacher at a primary school. At the age of 22, she got married to Celestin who was a coffee farmer and trader. Five years into the marriage, she had her third child and had to give up on her teaching career to raise her children. As an alternative source of income, she embarked on coffee which also afforded her more
For over thirty years now, Marie and her husband Mr. Celestin Rumenerangabo have used Gasharu Farms to positively affect both their family and their community. Building on her experience in education, Marie has been the key for the education of her 9 children in addition to supporting education of hundreds of children from her community. One of her children Valentin specializes in coffee and ensures Matriarch Coffee roasts the world class quality coffee.
Give Black for The Holidays – Presented by The Baltimore TImes
Matriarch Coffee – Rwanda Specialty Coffee