Supporting Farmers in Rwanda
The Bwishaza Goat Project
For every bag sold from selected Bwishaza coffees, £1 goes directly towards funding goats for farmers in Rwanda. Customers can also make a voluntary donation via the cart at checkout – and Horsham Coffee Roaster will match all donations.
Our first target: raise £3,000 to fund 60 goats for Bwishaza farmers by our visit at the end of April 2026.
The Bwishaza Goat Project is an initiative created by Horsham Coffee Roaster in partnership with the Bwishaza co-operative in Rwanda.
Through ongoing conversations with the co-operative over the last couple of years, it became clear that goats could offer meaningful practical value to coffee farming households. In response, we created a scheme that directs money from coffee sales towards funding goats for farmers in Rwanda.
Why goats?
Goats are incredibly important to many farming households in Rwanda. As well as being valuable animals to own, they can provide an additional source of income alongside coffee production.
That matters because coffee is not the only part of day-to-day life for producers. Support that strengthens the wider household economy can have a practical and lasting value.
How the project works
The Bwishaza Goat Project connects coffee sales with practical support at origin. When customers buy selected Bwishaza coffees from Horsham Coffee Roaster, £1 per bag is directed towards funding goats for coffee farmers in Rwanda. Customers can also make a voluntary donation of £0.50 or £1 at checkout. Horsham Coffee Roaster will then match all these donations so your support will go twice as far.
It is a simple model, but one with a clear purpose: to turn the sale of great coffee into direct, useful support for the people behind it.
The first coffee supporting this initiative is our Bwishaza Anaerobic Honey lot from Rwanda.
Expect pictures and a full update to follow later in the year!
Support The Project
Bwishaza Anaerobic Honey
This stunning 88 point scoring coffee. Created using a unique two stage anaerobic fermentation, which has resulted in a fantastic honey processed coffee with tasting notes that pineapple, tamarind and grapefruit.
Built through relationship
The Bwishaza Goat Project is not a broad donation campaign or a generic fundraising add-on. It is something we have created directly with the Bwishaza co-operative, based on ongoing dialogue and shared understanding.
For us, that matters. We believe the best initiatives are the ones that come from listening carefully and responding in ways that are useful, specific and grounded in real relationships.
Take a look at life around Bwishaza co-operative in the slideshow below. You can also read about Bwishaza at the dedicated producer page.
