About Meru
Mwalimu Academy is located near Meru, Kenya, near the Kathita River, on the northeast slopes of Mount
Kenya. This is an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns,
villages, and rural farms.
The town of Meru is a business, agricultural and educational center for the northeast of Kenya. It has banks and hotels, markets and transportation terminals.
Tea, timber, cattle, dairy products, and "french" beans are a few of the major agricultural products in Meru District.
Meru District is also an important coffee producing area. It is virtually all smallholder-grown, and much of it shade-grown.
Meru's coffee crops come twice a year, corresponding to the two rainy seasons, but the main crop in Meru comes at a somewhat different time than that elsewhere in Kenya, due to different weather patterns on the northeast slopes of Mt. Kenya and the Nyambenis. It is all grown at high-altitudes in the volcanic soils of the district.
Map provided courtesy of the ReliefWeb Map Centre, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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