Ua hoʻokumu ke kaiāulu ʻo Cashew Gardens i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻāina mua o ka lā a me ka makani i ka ʻāina, me ke kōkua ʻana o ke kākoʻo o nā mea kuleana. E ulu ana ke kaiāulu i nā mea kanu no ka wā pōkole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hydroponics i ka laʻana mua, e hoʻohui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai ua ma o ka ʻenehana hōʻiliʻili wai ua, a me ka hana hou ʻana i nā meaʻai ma o ka hoʻopuehu ʻana i ka mahiʻai a me nā ʻōpala meaʻai hale.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana me ke kōkua ʻana o Habitat for Humanity TT, ka Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation, ka papahana Adopt a River a ka Water Resources Agency, ka Digicel Foundation, University of the West Indies (UWI) a me Republic Bank Limited.
I loko o kahi puʻupuʻu media e hoʻolaha ana i ka hale i kēia lā, ua ʻōlelo ka pelekikena o ka Cashew Gardens Community Center, ʻo Roslyn George-Mitchell, ʻo ka ʻoihana kahi a lākou i hana ikaika ai, a he mea a lākou e manaʻo ai e hiki ke hana hou ʻia i nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou māla i ka manawa maikaʻi. Me nā kapu COVID-19 a me kā mākou maʻamau hou, ʻoi aku ka nui o mākou e ʻimi i nā ala e mālama ai iā mākou iho a hāʻawi i ka meaʻai no ka hemahema i manaʻo ʻia. Loaʻa i kā mākou māla kaiaulu ka hiki ke mālama iā ia iho, a hāʻawi i ka hana.'
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele no ka Habitat for Humanity Trinidad a me Tobago, ʻo Jennifer Massiah, ʻo ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā wahine i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina e mau nei i mea nui.
Ua ʻike mākou he nui nā wahine, i ka hola 2pm pono lākou e hoʻi i ka home me nā keiki, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ka hana maʻamau me kahi hana 8-4. No laila ua hoʻomaka mākou e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala kanaka. Pehea mākou e nānā ai i kahi kaiāulu hoʻomau i hiki ke loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā e uku ai i nā hōʻaiʻē moraki?'
'No laila, i ko mākou ʻike ʻana i ka manawa kūpono no ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hana ʻia e ka lā, manaʻo mākou… hiki iā ia ke ʻae iā lākou e hana i nā hola i maʻalahi iā lākou.'
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