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Nkubana Honored for Humanitarian Work

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WashingtonInformer From left to right: Alma Dodd, National Program Coordinator; Dr. Gwendolyn Lee, National President; Janet Nkubana, founder, Gahaya Links hold up a check presented to The Links, Inc. Courtesy Photo
Distinguished global leader and founder and president of the Gahaya Links, Janet Nkubana, was honored for her work in empowering women to achieve economic stability on Fri. Dec. 12 at the Macy’s at Metro Center in Washington D.C. Nkubana, a basket weaver from the Rwanda Path to Peace Movement, was recently presented with a check for $5,000 from The Links, Inc., representing the proceeds from an auction of Rwandan baskets donated by Macy's.

“We are very proud of the work that Janet Nkubana has done on such a global scale. We are also very grateful to Macy's for their dedication and commitment to this very important cause,” said Dr. Gwendolyn Lee, President of The Links, Inc.

Nkubana was awarded with the 2008 Laureate for the Africa Prize for leadership for the sustainable end of hunger for her work with the Rwandan Peace Basket Weavers. Nkubana's prize is worth $100,000. At the event, Nkubana described her work while demonstrating weaving and sign baskets which are giving hope to women throughout Africa and empowering their communities.

WashingtonInformer Left to right - Willa Shalit, Founder and CEO, Fair Winds Trading, Inc.; Dr.Gwendolyn Lee, National President; Janet Nkubana, Founder and President, Gahaya Links; Alma Dodd, National Program Coordinator. Courtesy Photo
The Links, Inc. is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 270 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of women committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
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