In 2019, Esther and her family bought a piece of land in Nyeri for their daughter Shantelle to grow up and become a coffee farmer. Shantelle was born with Down syndrome. She is currently in high school, in less than 3 years she will finish her schooling. After being rejected by many schools for being born with an intellectual disability, Shantelle got accepted in a school for her music and swimming skills. Not far from this school is Ziwa farms, where coffee was first planted in 2020. It is possible to navigate down syndrome by performing tasks that are inherently repetitive. Keeping this in mind, Esther has been setting up this farm for Shantelle to take over short after high school. She wants Shantelle to earn an income for her work and lead a decent life. It would be possible for Shantelle to repeat the same tasks every year between harvest to export with coffee.
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