{"id":4665,"date":"2019-03-05T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:19:56","slug":"meru-under-the-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2019\/03\/05\/meru-under-the-microscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Meru under the Microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4667\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2019\/03\/Jodie-Pat-at-Meru-talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4667 size-full\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2019\/03\/Jodie-Pat-at-Meru-talk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodie Gibson (SI Chester) with Pat Woodward (seated), SI South Lancashire&#8217;s ambassador for the Meru Garden Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jodie Gibson, a member of the the Soroptimist Club in <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/chester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chester<\/a>, was the guest speaker at SI South Lancashire Region\u2019s spring Programme Action meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A keen traveller, Jodie took the opportunity of taking part in a study tour to Kenya organised by Soroptimist International Great Britain &amp; Ireland (SIGBI). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The visit was to the district of Meru, theoretically a 6-hour drive from Nairobi &#8211; in reality it took 10 hours. The focus was SIGBI\u2019s 3-year <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/meru-womens-garden-project-2016-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garden project<\/a> involving local women.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jodie explained the context of the project, which was set up by the community, for the community. SIGBI&#8217;s UK partner is <a href=\"https:\/\/child.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child.org<\/a>; the Kenyan organisation &#8216;on the ground&#8217; is the Community Initiative for Rural Development (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cifordkenya.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIFORD<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jodie looked closely at evidence of success (or otherwise), and at the sustainability of the project once SIGBI\u2019s funding ceases later this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a relatively new Soroptimist Jodie also reflected on the experience of travelling with a diverse group of fellow Soroptimists, many of who have decades of service behind them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jodie Gibson, a member of the the Soroptimist Club in Chester, was the guest speaker&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":4671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meru under the Microscope | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Meru under the Microscope : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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