{"id":537,"date":"2017-05-31T21:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=537"},"modified":"2017-06-06T21:57:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:57:17","slug":"meru-garden-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2017\/05\/31\/meru-garden-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Meru Garden Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\"> <a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden1-e1496260067960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-540\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden1-e1496260067960-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"meru garden1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden1-e1496260067960-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden1-e1496260067960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">On Thursday, May25th, Rosemary Jenkinson who is the Regional Ambassador for the SIGBI Meru Garden Project in Kenya, visited our club to update us with the latest developments.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Rosemary, who is a member of SI Sunderland, reminded us of the project\u2019s origins and of the need for Soroptimists International\u2019s involvement<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">The purpose of this project is to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">To ensure women and girls who are leading households have food security<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">To improve environmental sustainability <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">To ensure economic, empowerment and employment for women <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">To enable girls to complete their education<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">To offer both formal and informal agricultural learning opportunities To reduce the possibility of child exploitation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Meru County in Kenya has a largely rural population of 136,000. HIV\/AIDs are prevalent in the region and many families are headed by women and children.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Life is hard for women and children in Meru:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">41% of women and girls are grossly or borderline malnourished<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">43% live below the poverty line of \u00a31 per day, with more in rural areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">55% live a hand to mouth existence in agriculture using methods which degrade the land<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">93% use local trees for firewood, impacting hugely on deforestation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">22% have no formal education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">11% complete secondary education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">8% achieve minimum levels for literacy compared to 85% in Nairobi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">9% achieve minimum levels for numeracy compared to 87% in Nairobi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Facts and figures provided Patricia Gatherum (SINewcastle upon Tyne) who is <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Soroptimist International Meru Women\u2019s Garden Project Liaison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-538\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"meru garden 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-539\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-3-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"meru garden 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-3-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/05\/meru-garden-3.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">To date (April 2017), the Northern Region has contributed \u00a32,124.00 to the project. Further information can be found at:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/meru-womens-garden-project-2016-2019\/\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/meru-womens-garden-project-2016-2019\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Rosemary also told us about a study tour of the project in March next year, the Day of Action on July 15<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\"> and \u2018The Big October Supper\u2019. The latter two are important fund raising events. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May25th, Rosemary Jenkinson who is the Regional Ambassador for the SIGBI Meru Garden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates-from-meetings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meru Garden Project | News | Blog | Events | SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Newcastle upon Tyne : Blog &amp; News : Meru Garden Project : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Newcastle upon Tyne . 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