{"id":834,"date":"2018-09-24T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2018-10-27T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T15:23:59","slug":"__trashed-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/saturday\/__trashed-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Meru Women&#8217;s Garden Project &#8211; an update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-909\" src=\"\/liverpool2018\/files\/Study-Tour-Meru-Women-Dancing-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/files\/Study-Tour-Meru-Women-Dancing-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/files\/Study-Tour-Meru-Women-Dancing-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/files\/Study-Tour-Meru-Women-Dancing-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/liverpool2018\/files\/Study-Tour-Meru-Women-Dancing.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>So far Meru Women\u2019s Garden Project is going incredibly well. The 1st year of\u00a0the programme (Mar 2017 &#8211; Feb 2018) was a huge success, the 2nd year is\u00a0well underway and the great news is that we\u2019re on target to reach more\u00a0women by the end of the 2nd year than we had originally planned to across\u00a0the whole three years!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve raised a whopping \u00a3127,000 already, so are looking good for hitting\u00a0our target of \u00a3150,000!! The money we\u2019re raising is being spent in roughly\u00a0\u00a350k tranches for each year. We\u2019re really pleased to say that Child.org and\u00a0Ciford on the ground have managed to make the money go much further than\u00a0we hoped and deliver far more than we originally planned.<\/p>\n<p>The main thrust of the work is our agricultural women\u2019s groups. Our initial\u00a0plan was to reach 360 women over three years. Margaret at Ciford and the\u00a0Child.org team have made it more efficient and we will reach 410 women by\u00a0the end of year two and over 600 women by the end of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>The other element of the original proposal was the school gardens. After a lot\u00a0of time discussing this with the local community, it was clear this wasn\u2019t a\u00a0feasible element of the project &#8211; and wouldn\u2019t be sustainable. So, after much\u00a0work we\u2019ve rolled out some wonderful alternatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Mother\u2019s Nutrition Programme which will provide training and support for\u00a0young mothers in the community, educating them on good nutrition for their\u00a0new born children and themselves. It\u2019s also a supportive network for them to\u00a0get peer support and advice. The programmes starts in year two and will\u00a0reach 360 young mothers by the end of the project.<\/li>\n<li>An Alternative Rite of Passage(ARP) programme, which helps girls avoid\u00a0female genital mutilation while still retaining their place in society. Over 350\u00a0girls will take part in this process over the three years.<\/li>\n<li>A Boys Forum that helps boys in the same community understand the role\u00a0of women and girls, the dangers of female genital mutilation, therefore\u00a0strengthening the success of rhe ARP. It\u2019s a challenging and new concept, so\u00a0we don\u2019t know for sure how many boys we will reach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A study tour took place in April 2018 where 25 Soroptimists travelled to Kenya to see first-hand the achievements of the project. The women in Meru were welcoming and enthusiastic, and happy to be receiving this support.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re so excited about what we\u2019ve already achieved, and are looking forward\u00a0to continuing to share with you the incredible stories of the women who are\u00a0taking part in our project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far Meru Women\u2019s Garden Project is going incredibly well. 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