Nyakabuye Station
Location: Rusizi, Western province
Built: 2005
Manager: Deo Munyankindi
Altitude: 1530
Annual rainfall: Average
After six hours drive from Kigali, paved and some muddy road, you will arrive at Nyakabuye washing station. The station is located in the Rusizi district. The first thing you will see around are the thousand hills of Ubusozo, Ubukunzi and Nzahaha. The station is also less than an hour walking distance from the Cyamudongo natural forest, the home of chimpanzee, different types of monkeys and hundreds of types of birds you will never find anywhere around the world.
Nyakabuye center has been a hub of coffee for decades. This is where Mr. Mwumvaneza spent many years since his young age collecting semi-washed coffee from local farmers. In 2000 he decided to switch from traditional coffee processing to modern specialty coffee practice. It was not only the quality of the coffee but also the Ubumuntu (Humanity) of the people of Nyakabuye villages that made Mwumvaneza to implant his washing station in this region which was two hours of walking distance from his home.
Nyakabuye washing station works with more than 2000 coffee farmers. Farmers are composed of cooperatives, small groups of farmers (amatsinda), and small farmers.
