This cooperative started in 1999 with 70 coffee farmers and has now grown to 1,327 members. The farms of their cooperative members are located in mountains at altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000m. Abahuzamugambi Maraba has four coffee washing stations and one dry mill; one of its washing stations was the first such facility in all of Rwanda. The co-op’s coffees have competed in Cup of Excellence and are known and consumed throughout the world, including in the UK, USA, Japan, and Australia. The cooperative is Fairtrade certified and is in the process of becoming Rainforest Alliance certified.