
May 2022 – Holiday at Home – Meru Women’s Garden Project
‘HOLIDAY AT HOME’ We hear a lot these days about taking a holiday at home, because the Covid-19 pandemic prevented us from travelling abroad. At our May Social Meeting, Woking Soroptimists learned about a holiday at home with a difference. Claire Nix, our speaker, told us about the two-day event organised by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Pyrford every year. ‘Holiday at Home’ is for the more senior members in the community. During the two days, the ‘holidaymakers’ enjoy a wide variety of activities. Find out more here. Meru Women’s Garden Project The Meru Women’s Garden Project was a Great Britain and Ireland four-year project, 2015-18. In cooperation with child.org, Soroptimists aimed to teach women in the Meru district of Kenya to grow their own vegetables and take surplus produce to market. The women received horticulture