Meru Co-operative Union

Meru Co-operative Union 5 ton lorry doubling as a bus when not hauling coffee.

Mount Meru, as seen from the tarmac of the Arusha to Moshi road.

My father (Anton Nelson) organised Meru Co-operative Union with 4000 Meru farmers, here seen with new purchase of 5-ton lorry to haul Coffee to warehouse. Seen at the Poli Baraza, local gov't headquarters. MCU in turn hired my father as their 'technical advisor'

(in jogging attire) surveying Central Meru (Lake Duluti in distance) from forest boundary at 6,000 feet where my father introduced Pyrethrum (daisies in forefround) as a cash crop for the Meru Co-operative Union