Kula Project

We’ve spent over a year building our impact measurement system with our incredible partner @standardcode! It’s vital that we rigorously measure the impact of work, so we know what we say is happening is actually… instagram.com/p/CCJEKbWhGud/…

Like so many others, we are longing to have these moments again! Photo by @snowzell @ Rwanda instagram.com/p/CCGa9YYBj9f/…

We have big plans for the coming years, but for now, we celebrate 2019. Thank you for being a part of this beautiful story. We are so grateful for you. Check out our 2019 Annual Report! kulaproject.org/s/2019-ANNUAL-…

When we ask the people we work with why they want to participate in our programs and why they work so hard to improve their businesses and households, it is almost always for the same reason: their children.

Next week, we launch our 2019 Annual Report, and as we’ve been reflecting on our year and putting it all together, we are overwhelmed with gratitude for all of you that made so much good possible. Stay tuned!

We firmly believe that if we invest in the entrepreneurs of Rwanda, they will change the world.

The community garden at our Liddy Center gives our ladies hands on experience in agribusiness, equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills to both run profitable businesses growing and selling fruits and vegetables and cultivate nutritious foods for their families.

We're building a path to sustainability, and you can help us get there! Every donation, every purchase of Kula Coffee, and every gifting of Kula Market goods pushes us forward, and we are so thankful to all of you who are helping us make it happen.

We are so thrilled to introduce you to Kula's newest family member, Amanda! Amanda is coming to the team as our Director of Coffee and will lead our organization through our coffee program expansion. We couldn't be more excited or grateful to have her!

Through the renovation of our washing station in the West, not only are we working towards providing a place for an entire community to sell their coffee after three years of not being paid for their harvest, we've also hired over 100 people in the process!

This is a coffee tree seedling. It may not look like much right now, but someday, it will produce life-changing income for our farmers and their families for up to thirty years.

Our trainings are conducted in small groups that stick together throughout the Fellowship, establshing strong communal networks of entrepreneurs who want to see themselves and their neighbors to thrive.

We are committed to empowering coffee communities in Rwanda and involving them in the process from start to finish.

Through our female reproductive health & hygiene training, our ladies learn the importance of family planning, understanding the female menstrual cycle & hygienic ways of caring for yourself throughout it. That way, they can focus their attention on working toward their dreams.

Kula Coffee isn't about a giveback. It's about women being paid what they deserve for the hard work they've done.

As we journey through the beginning of this new year, we truly have a feeling that the best is yet to come. We'd love for you to be a part of that.

We want to say a huge thank you to all who joined us to reach our end of year goal. Together, we raised $233,000, only $7,000 short of our impossible dream, and we as a team are so full of gratitude. Because of you, we are looking forward to this new year with overwhelming hope.

With all our hearts, we wish you the Merriest Christmas.

We are SO thankful for all of you who chose to give gifts that matter this holiday season. When you purchase anything from the Kula Market, it truly does a whole lot of good, and we are so grateful for your part of that process.

In response to the renovation of our washing station, our team member told us that "many coffee farmers have started taking care of their coffee trees, for those who still have them, and those who had uprooted theirs are now asking how to get seedlings and start from scratch."