Our Community
Our Community Story
Caring for our communities and respecting the hands and minds that make our teas, and their families and ensuring everyone’s well-being is at the heart of what Silverback Tea stands for. When it comes to the local communities, Rwanda is a model for gender equality. 50% of our workforce is made up of women.
• Training given on plucking tea leaves, irrigation
• Provision of mobile creches on the steepest of ridges to care for their young ones.
• Education of children
The Pfunda estates have organized Aids awareness camps, constructed basketball courts and made water tank, benefiting about 200 families.
In Gisovu, a pipeline has been installed to enable 600 families in the village better access to water resulting in reduction in illness and disease.
The Gisovu community is also home to a strong cricket community with coaching programs and upcoming tournaments, bringing organized sports to Rwanda for the first time.
The Gallery
