While the effects of the 1994 Rwandan genocide still linger, some survivors have turned the tables on tragedy. In our Small Acts With Big Impact series, we continue our tribute to the artisans of Gahaya Links, the handicraft company that partners with Macy’s on the Rwanda Path to Peace project. Read on to meet one of the artists, Ruth Dusabimana, who has rebuilt her life through the art of basket-weaving.

While the effects of the 1994 Rwandan genocide still linger, survivors have turned the tables on tragedy. In our Small Acts With Big Impact series, we continue our tribute to the artisans of Gahaya Links, the handicraft company that partners with Macy’s on the Rwanda Path to Peace project. Read on to meet one the artists, Nabayo Prisca, who has rebuilt her life through the art of basket-weaving.

The 1994 genocide in Rwanda made victims not only of the tens of thousands of lives lost, but also, of the scores of broken families left in its wake.

Seraphina Muntungirehe is a woman who weaves baskets in Rwanda that are sold at Macy’s through a unique partnership with Gahaya Links. Here, her story on healing and rebuilding her life while raising five children on her own.

There are no words to describe the suffering endured by those who lived to tell about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. 18 years later the effects of the event linger, but survivors have turned the tables on tragedy. In our Small Acts With Big Impact series, we continue our tribute to the artisans of Gahaya Links, the handicraft company which partners with Macy’s on the Rwanda Path to Peace project. Here, another amazing story of a life rebuilt though the art of basket-weaving…

Last month, mBLOG began a series with Janet Nkubana, the founder of Gahayna Links, which partners with Macy’s for the Rwanda Path to Peace project. Through her endeavors, she helps bring the women of her country economic empowerment through the art of basket weaving. Here, Jeanne Uwimpaye, one of the weavers, tells her story of how the organization has changed her life...