Umphakathi waseCashew Gardens wethule indawo okukholakala ukuthi ingeyokuqala kuleli esebenza ngamandla elanga nomoya, ngosizo lokwesekwa ababambiqhaza. Umphakathi uzotshala izitshalo zesikhashana usebenzisa i-hydroponics okokuqala, uhlanganise ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi emvula ngobuchwepheshe bokuvuna amanzi emvula, futhi ubuyisele umsoco ngokufaka umquba wezolimo nokudla kwasendlini.
Lo msebenzi waqedwa ngosizo lwe-Habitat for Humanity TT, i-Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation, uhlelo lwe-Water Resources Agency's Adopt a River, i-Digicel Foundation, i-University of the West Indies (UWI) kanye ne-Republic Bank Limited.
Esithangamini nabezindaba ethula lesi sikhungo namhlanje, umengameli weCashew Gardens Community Centre, uRoslyn George-Mitchell, uthe leli bhizinisi yilona abalisebenzele kanzima, futhi into abathemba ukuthi ingenzeka nakweminye imiphakathi.
'Ingadi yethu ibingeke iqedwe ngesikhathi esingcono. Ngemikhawulo ye-COVID-19 kanye nokusha kwethu okusha, kuya ngokuya kufanele sithole izindlela zokuziphilisa futhi sinikeze ukudla ngenxa yokushoda okulindelekile. Ingadi yethu yomphakathi inamandla okuziphilisa, nokuhlinzeka ngemisebenzi.'
UMqondisi Kazwelonke we-Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago, u-Jennifer Massiah, uthe ukugxila ekuhlomiseni abesifazane emiphakathini yasemakhaya kusalokhu kugxilwe kakhulu:
'Sithole ukuthi kunedlanzana labesifazane okwathi ngehora lesibili ntambama babedinga ukubuyela ekhaya nezingane, bangakwazi ukuqashwa njalo benomsebenzi ka-2-8. Ngakho saqala ukucabanga ngentuthuko egxile kubantu. Singawubheka kanjani umphakathi ozinzile ongaba nemali yokukhokha imali ebolekiwe?'
'Ngakho lapho sibona ithuba le-greenhouse esebenzisa amandla elanga sacabanga…lokhu kungabavumela ukuthi basebenze amahora alungele bona.'
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