{"id":911,"date":"2018-06-04T16:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/?p=911"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:24:15","slug":"meru-supper-evening-raises-over-420-for-the-meru-womens-garden-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/2018\/06\/04\/meru-supper-evening-raises-over-420-for-the-meru-womens-garden-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Meru Supper evening raises over \u00a3420 for the Meru Women&#8217;s Garden Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912 alignright\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/IMG_0479.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Harrogate &amp; District Soroptimists raised a further \u00a3421.25 at their latest <a href=\"http:\/\/meruwomen.org\">Meru Women&#8217;s Garden Project<\/a> fundraising evening supporting women and children in Kenya to start their own market gardens, thereby empowering\u00a0 the women to feed their families, create security and aid financial independence .<\/p>\n<p>In total Harrogate and District Soroptimists have now raised over \u00a33000 since they started the project at the Autumn Flower Show in 2016 when they gained a Silver medal for their innovative garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-915\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-915 size-medium\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52-300x275.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52-300x275.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52-768x705.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52-1024x940.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/fullsizeoutput_3f52.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Elsie and Hilary with Eunice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Club Members and guests alongside Yorkshire Regional President Chris Clark and Yorkshire Regional President Elect Pat Kilbane enjoyed a wonderful summers evening at the Hub in Knaresborough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-913 alignright\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2018\/06\/Meru-Supper-Evening.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belebele an African Drumming and Singing group really set the mood before an excellent African supper after which Di Flemming and Jen Berry had everyone on their\u00a0 feet singing a couple of Kenyan songs ably translated by Eunice Kwallah a guest from Kenya .<\/p>\n<p>A total of over \u00a3110000 has been raised across Soroptimist Clubs in Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Federation. 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