Amazing week...!!!
The sun is already high over Kibera when the first children drift in, plastic bowls in hand. Someone has lit the jiko; the smell of githeri mixes with dust and laughter, and for a moment the lane feels wider than it is.
This is our Saturday feeding programme — not a handout line, but a gathering. Plates go round. Someone teases a shy child until she grins. A volunteer bends low to explain a sum on a scrap of paper while steam rises from the sufuria.
The week feels “amazing” when the smallest things hold: a second helping for a teenager who is growing fast, a quiet word to a caregiver who has not slept, a borrowed pen that returns at the end of the day.
When we say it has been an amazing week, we mean the ordinary miracle of it: bellies fuller, voices braver, adults and children sharing the same patch of shade. The work is simple on paper — cook, serve, listen — and deep in practice.
It is not perfect. Sometimes the rain arrives before the tarp is tied. Sometimes the numbers surprise us and we have to stretch. But the joy is real — the kind that comes from doing something useful together.
If you have ever wanted to be part of something that feels immediately real, this is it. Walk with us on a Saturday: volunteer, partner, or send support through M-PESA so we can keep the fire going and the portions honest.
Bring comfortable shoes. Bring curiosity. Leave with your hands smelling like smoke and your chest a little fuller — that is the kind of “amazing” we mean.
Engaging Children through Feeding Program
Thanks to Chris and Jayne, ETCO had a warm feeding program for children at our new office—bringing joy, a good meal, and community together in Kibera.
Project Site Visit by Rotary Club of IPSWICH (USA) and Kikuyu (Kenya)
It was a great and engaging day of partnership and learning as we hosted the International Rotary Club of IPSWICH team, led by Environmental Lawyer Chris and his wife, Jane, Former President of Rotary Club of Kikuyu Hon. George Ngotho and Rotarian Yumbya for a visit to our project implementation sites. The visit provided an opportunity to review the project areas on the ground, discuss implementation priorities, and strengthen our shared commitment to sustainable environmental and community development. We also had the opportunity to visit the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC), where we were hosted by Commissioner Dr. Loice Kipkorir, a member of the Ngong River Committee. We explored opportunities to strengthen collaboration and align our work with the Nairobi Rivers Commission's Restoration Framework.
Community Capacity Building Training
We are currently participating in the ongoing PROVE (Public Space Governance Research, Observation, Validation and Experimentation) Pilot Programme, a four-month initiative by Public Space Networks (PSN) bringing together 11 community groups from Kamukunji and Korogocho. The programme focuses on strengthening community organizations’ capacity to manage, protect and improve public spaces as well as restoring rivers and it's ecosystems. The ongoing capacity-building training is helping CBOs and community organizations better understand the connection between public spaces, river restoration and ecosystem conservation, while exploring practical approaches and stronger collaboration among communities, government agencies, development partners and other stakeholders.