Betty currently owns/operates a combination garment trading & tailoring shop and an arts and crafts shop. 
She also represents groups of business owners in trade fair & cooperatives outside the country, bringing business back to Rwanda. Betty has recently expanded, adding two additional locations and employees to operate them. Betty continues to work with IEEW personnel and in active in the planning of the women’s business center in Rwanda.
Mrs. Bucyana has been in business and self employed for the past 14 years. Currently she owns and operates Elite Beauty Salon in Kigali City. It is a unisex salon providing hairstyling, manicures, pedicures, cosmetics and retailing beauty products. Mrs. Bucyana’s future plans include expanding her business to include a Beauty Skills Training Institute [...]
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Betty currently owns/operates a combination garment trading & tailoring shop and an arts and crafts shop. She also represents groups of business owners in trade fair & cooperatives outside the country, bringing business back to Rwanda. Betty has recently expanded, adding two additional locations and employees to operate them. Betty continues to work with IEEW [...]
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Peace through Business® 2007 graduate. Taj owns a ball making business, employing women of Afghanistan to produce all types of balls - soccer balls, volley balls, etc.
After her participation in Peace through Business® 2007, Taj realized she was making a good profit. She increased her revenues by 17%. Always interested in social and political affairs, she realized [...]
Gloria Uwizera owns and operates a textile and batiks design company called “Glo Creations”. Opening in November 2004 in Senegal, relocating to Rwanda and has two employees. Gloria was very involved while in Oklahoma Peace through Business, participating with her mentor Anna Lisa Campbell in a local art workshop for children. She’s very active in [...]
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Currently owns & operates a hair salon, transitioning to owning & operating First Impressions Daycare by mid-2008. Space is secured & furnished to care for children 18-36 months and after school care for children 3-6 years. Update: After completed Peace through Business 2008 and returning to Rwanda, we received the following from Marguerite:
“Finally some news [...]
In business for 20 years, Eden Harvest and Highland Farmers, a food wholesaler, Bertha Kabuto has supplied supermarkets, restaurants, schools, military establishments and universities with foodstuffs ranging from maize to sea food. She fulfils large national contracts and has supplied the largest organizations such as the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). In addition to a [...]
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