The Agaseke is Rwanda’s oldest traditional basket now called the “Peace Basket” a symbol of unity. Gahaya Links’ success is based on traditional weaving techniques to empower the women of Rwanda and the country’s socioeconomic development.
Ephigenia hails from South Province, she survived the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi. She lost 65 members in her entire family and had lost hope of life. Gahaya Links encouraged her to join weaving cooperatives where she would in the least interact with other women for support.
My name is Nyiransabimana Eliane, I am 37years old, I am married with four kids. My husband and our one child are infected with HIV/AIDS. We learnt about our situation following a voluntary testing organized by PACFA now Imbuto Foundation, an organization founded by the First Lady of Rwanda.
Muhimpundu Fatina she is a member of ABAKUNDUMURIMO Cooperative. She dropped out of school before joining secondary school though she had passed her exams, her blind mother and jobless father could not afford her education and life pushed her to weaving.
My name is Mukakamanzi Theresa, I am 30 yrs old, I was born in a family of 9 children 5 boys and 4 boys. I dropped out school because my parents could not afford tuition. The little they made out of selling potatoes and cassava from our small gardens they paid tuition for my brothers.
My name is Mukamuhoza Mamerita, I am the President of one of the weaving cooperatives which has 130 women weavers. We leave in Kiyombe one of the most remote villages in Rwanda’s eastern province. Most of the women in my cooperative lived on subsistence farming with no source of income.
Ephigenia hails from South Province, she survived the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi. She lost 65 members in her entire family and had lost hope of life. Gahaya Links encouraged her to join weaving cooperatives where she would in the least interact with other women for support.
My name is Nyiransabimana Eliane, I am 37years old, I am married with four kids. My husband and our one child are infected with HIV/AIDS. We learnt about our situation following a voluntary testing organized by PACFA now Imbuto Foundation, an organization founded by the First Lady of Rwanda.
Muhimpundu Fatina she is a member of ABAKUNDUMURIMO Cooperative. She dropped out of school before joining secondary school though she had passed her exams, her blind mother and jobless father could not afford her education and life pushed her to weaving. 
My name is Mukakamanzi Theresa, I am 30 yrs old, I was born in a family of 9 children 5 boys and 4 boys. I dropped out school because my parents could not afford tuition. The little they made out of selling potatoes and cassava from our small gardens they paid tuition for my brothers. 
My name is Mukamuhoza Mamerita, I am the President of one of the weaving cooperatives which has 130 women weavers. We leave in Kiyombe one of the most remote villages in Rwanda’s eastern province. Most of the women in my cooperative lived on subsistence farming with no source of income.