HoaW MSINGI (Hands of a Woman – MSINGI) is a Community Benefit Company Limited by Guarantee established to empower vulnerable urban women in Rwanda through skills development, entrepreneurship, and sustainable upcycling.
We work with urban vulnerable women in Rwanda, equipping them with the skills, confidence, infrastructure, and support needed to build dignified and sustainable livelihoods. By combining women’s economic empowerment with circular economy principles, HoaW MSINGI addresses poverty, gender inequality, and environmental waste in an integrated and practical way.
To build a future where vulnerable urban women become confident, skilled, creative, and financially empowered contributors to society
To equip vulnerable urban women with transformative soft skills, entrepreneurship knowledge, and technical upcycling abilities enabling them to repurpose used clothing, shoes, and bags into high-quality, market-ready products.
HoaW MSINGI delivers an integrated empowerment model that combines human development, technical training, and enterprise support:
Confidence building, communication, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and financial literacy.
Textile upcycling, tailoring, garment reconstruction, accessory production, quality control, and sustainable production practices.
Business planning, collective ownership models, financial management, market access, and enterprise incubation.
Fully equipped SANA Hubs providing women with access to professional production facilities and shared workspaces - Collective showroom access, - Participation in exhibitions, - integration into e-commerce platforms.
HoaW MSINGI implements its work through SANA Hubs, fully equipped textile upcycling and production centers designed to transition vulnerable women from training into sustainable income generation.
We operate through two complementary project approaches: