Turihamwe Turashobora
🇧🇮Burundi

Turihamwe Turashobora

Turihamwe Turashobora is a women-led collective of coffee producers based in the Ngozi Province of Burundi. The group consists of seven founding women who formed an investment group to take control of their coffee production and supply chain. Their work supports a broader network of approximately 600 contributing farmers.

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History

In 2019, the seven founding members pooled their savings and premiums from JNP Coffee to construct Burundi's first washing station fully owned and designed by women. This initiative allowed them to move beyond merely supplying cherries to managing the processing and quality control of their own coffee. Since its inception, the group has continued to operate as a model for women's empowerment in the Burundian coffee sector.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Turihamwe Turashobora — coffee farmer illustration 1
Turihamwe Turashobora — coffee farmer illustration 2
Turihamwe Turashobora — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Turihamwe Turashobora