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Washing station: Ruli

Farmers: Approx. 60% of the 2,100 co-op members deliver from their smallholdings + independents

Varietal(s): Red BourbonRuli

Processing: Fully washed and sun dried on screens

Owner: MusasaDukundekawa Cooperative - some 2,100 smallholder farmers

Altitude of washing station: 1,999 metres above sea level

Altitude of farms: 1,700 to 2,000 metres above sea level

Region: Ruli Sector, Gakenke District of Northern Province

The MusasaDukundekawa cooperative has three washing stations lying high in Rwanda�s rugged northwest, Ruli sits around 1,999 metres above sea level. This was the first washing station - built by the co-op in 2003 with a development loan from the Rwandan government and the support of the USAID-financed PEARL project. Ruli began operating in 2004.

�Dukundekawa� means �let�s love coffee� in Kinyarwanda - a reference to the power of coffee to improve the lives of those in rural communities.