Janet Nkubana spent her childhood in a refugee camp in Uganda, where she became an expert basket weaver. After the devastating war and genocide, she returned to her native Rwanda, where she organized rural women into a basket weaving cooperative, Gahaya Links. Now, Gahaya Links is nearly 4,000 weavers strong, and the women in the cooperative are earning incomes and pulling themselves and their families out of crippling poverty. She has been interviewed by Oprah, CNN, etc. and is a 2008 Africa Prize laureate. She is visiting out country and coming to CityFest this weekend. She would like to meet with regular working people in the marketplace and simply share her story.
Come hear her tell her story and bring your lunch.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, NOON to 1:00
15TH FLOOR TOWER CONFERENCE ROOM
METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK TOWER
