Why Bukonya?

I have had the beautiful privilege of talking with several folks lately who ask, "Why Bukonya?" That is an awesome question.

Bukonya is a village in RURAL northwestern Rwanda. As the coffee company derives its name, this village is on quite the hill! i.e. off the beaten path. This means that relief work and peacekeeping missions were nowhere near this village, and while most of Rwanda stopped officially fighting in 1994 the genocide raged on in Bukonya late into the '90s.

This is where Thousand Hills chose to plant a cooperative. It's difficult, or impossible, to get coffee grown in a hill far away to a cooperative. So, let's take development to the hills! When Robert (Thousand Hills Relationship Director) first traveled to Rwanda four years ago the people of Bukonya thought he was crazy. Not just his looks, but this Washing Station he kept speaking of. Now it is in full force operation! And you can have some: Bukonya Ikawa is now available at DrinkCoffeeDoGood.com.