The residents of the Gachuiro area , at the foot of Mount Kenya , get their clean drunkenness water from the Ontulili River . Water pipe take the body of water from this river to several village in the area . However , when drouth strike the H2O taps run dry and when the drought persists , even the river can run teetotal , leaving the occupant struggle to access clean drinking water .
As a solution to this problem , the county government of Meru - after being come near by the member of the Gachuiro Farmer ’s Project - fall off a borehole at one of the biotic community schools situate a few kilometers from Mathagiro Centre and left the residents to decide how they would get at the water . They decided to get admission to this water through a worst system of rules . However , there was no budget for it .
Until the neighboring rise farm , Equinox horticulture ltd , which has 500 employees , some of whom come up from this vicinity ( Gachuiro ) , decided to fund part of the budget .
Gachuiro Farmer ’s ProjectThe projection is call the Gachuiro Farmer ’s Project and is a project own by Fannie Farmer who are Equinox ’s straightaway neighbors , the phallus of this group were once employed by the Davis farm and as a token of discernment , they were allocated land neighbor the bigger Turaco farm where Equinox is posit .
The Gachuiro Farmer ’s Project , in search for a answer to this repeated body of water problem , approached the county governing of Meru and their job was given consideration through the county government project to supply uncontaminating water to schools and the entire community .
No budget for the projectThe county government of Meru sank a borehole at one of the community schools situated a few kilometers from Mathagiro Centre and go forth the residents to adjudicate how they would get at the water . On valuation , the member decided that the solution would be for them to purchase a piss connection and memory items for the residential district to access this water through a piped organization . The residential area projection commission came up with a budget estimate for materials required to pipe up this water , unluckily , the absolute majority appendage of the community are low - income earners , mean that they were not in a perspective to raise the monies required to fund this task .
Support from Equinox HorticultureThe labor committee members met again to seek a solution to the money trouble , they harmonize to seek support from neighbors i.e. employer and friends . They approached Equinox Horticulture with a elaborated proposal of the project ’s expectations and the benefits to be accrued by the residential district . When the proposal was received , it was brush up and approve at 50 % of the proposed budget which the commission appreciated and the materials were purchased prioritizing those items that would seem more unmanageable for the farmers to win on their own .
More projects supported by Equinox FlowersBesides the labor described above , the Equinox Flowers also support the biotic community policing initiative that has a post within the Gachuiro area . The project encourages community policing ( Nyumba Kumi initiative ) and law answer during incidents . This has helped greatly in trim down the crime rate in the region and also encouraging early days to take in productive activity .
