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About Constance Mukanski
“It was very difficult to be a refugee--I feel I lost out on many opportunities because I was not a national of Uganda or Kenya. I was eager to return to Rwanda, once it was safe.”
Owner: Caplaki Cooperative Employees: 3 Bpeace Associate since: May 2006 Her Story Constance, 49, has mostly lived outside of Rwanda. Her family fled during the first Tutsi massacre when she was only 2; she was raised in Uganda, and when she married, moved to Kenya. She received vocational training in design and textiles, and then worked for a cottage textile company in Kenya, where she trained vulnerable women and girls in handicrafts production. She returned to Uganda, where she worked with UNESCO on similar programs. After the 1994 genocide, she decided to return to Rwanda. Her first decade back was concentrated on taking care of her aged mother, and working with NGOs on community reintegration. Once her most recent contract was up, Constance decided to go back to her first career focus: textiles. Her Business Today, Constance runs Caplaki Cooperative, a store selling handicrafts including tie and dye fabric designed by Constance. She is located in the Rungunga crafts market, which caters to tourists. Constance’s vision is to open a school to train children, women, and people with HIV in producing unique tradiitonal crafts. She also wants to expand her business--both her product line and her customer base. Most Critical Needs --A licensed copy of Illustrator for her the laptop Bpeace just provided her. --A sustained channel to 100% natural fabrics and natural vegetable dyes. --Product development coaching. --Patient product importers.
Owner: Caplaki Cooperative Employees: 3 Bpeace Associate since: May 2006 Her Story Constance, 49, has mostly lived outside of Rwanda. Her family fled during the first Tutsi massacre when she was only 2; she was raised in Uganda, and when she married, moved to Kenya. She received vocational training in design and textiles, and then worked for a cottage textile company in Kenya, where she trained vulnerable women and girls in handicrafts production. She returned to Uganda, where she worked with UNESCO on similar programs. After the 1994 genocide, she decided to return to Rwanda. Her first decade back was concentrated on taking care of her aged mother, and working with NGOs on community reintegration. Once her most recent contract was up, Constance decided to go back to her first career focus: textiles. Her Business Today, Constance runs Caplaki Cooperative, a store selling handicrafts including tie and dye fabric designed by Constance. She is located in the Rungunga crafts market, which caters to tourists. Constance’s vision is to open a school to train children, women, and people with HIV in producing unique tradiitonal crafts. She also wants to expand her business--both her product line and her customer base. Most Critical Needs --A licensed copy of Illustrator for her the laptop Bpeace just provided her. --A sustained channel to 100% natural fabrics and natural vegetable dyes. --Product development coaching. --Patient product importers.
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