Meru Women’s Garden Project
Margaret Clark Advocacy APD & SI Middlesbrough#soroptimists are proud to be supporting @Childdotorg & Great Big Supper Club #TGBSCLUBMeru Garden Project https://t.co/ZuA6ODdE3S Over the next three years Soroptimist Clubs are supporting the Meru Women’s Garden Project (MWGP), a collaboration with Child.org, that will educate, empower and enable women and girls in Meru County, Kenya. The project provides sustainable gardening techniques and tools, enabling women to become mentors and pioneers of agricultural sustainability within the community. It will also educate girls on their rights, empowering them to stand up to damaging cultural practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). By providing economic opportunities to women and girls, MWGP will achieve long term change by strengthening entire communities; improving the lives and opportunities for children and generations to come. Meru District is in Tigania East with a population of 136,000. 90% live in rural areas with HIV/AIDs prevalent in the