Rwanda

Starbucks partners (employees) from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa traveled to Rwanda in May to immerse in the story of coffee, on the farms where it's grown.

Every year, partners (employees) from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa travel to Rwanda to be immersed in the origin of coffee.

The vases, bowls, keychains and boxes – inspired by the story of Starbucks Reserve Rwanda Hingakawa coffee – are made by women working with All Across Africa.

The Starbucks Productions original documentary "Hingakawa" was directed, filmed and edited by an all-female crew.

Meet the two women, once on opposite sides of the Rwandan genocide, who are now each other’s strength.

In the wake of the genocide where a million people were killed, how does a country come together again? Here are some of the milestones since and how reconciliation, coffee and co-ops intersected.

Twenty-five years after a million people were killed during the genocide, women whose families were killed – and those whose families were doing the killing – are finding common ground.

On International Women’s Day 2018, The Starbucks Foundation announced a new goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in origin communities by 2025.