In 1994, Elise Rida Musomandera lost her parents and siblings in the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Twenty years later Elise founded, Isano Women and Youth Empowerment (IWE) to teach vocational skills to orphans of the genocide and their children. Through training in tailoring, handicrafts, and literacy, Isano seeks to create lasting opportunities for women and children in Rwanda's capital city of Kigali to lift their families out of poverty and reduce domestic violence.