End-of-Year and New Year Wishes
Late December light falls sideways over corrugated roofs. In the kitchen, the last sufuria of the year is scraped clean — not because waste is acceptable, but because hunger does not take holidays.
What we carry into 2024
2023 asked a lot of Kibera — and a lot of ETCO. Our Saturday feeding programme kept showing up: hot food when money ran out before month-end. Alongside that, teams kept pushing for cleaner corners and greener edges — small acts of care that make a lane easier to breathe in. At the ETCO Computer Centre, keyboards clicked where screens used to feel impossible; a child learned copy‑paste like a superpower.
None of that happens alone. It is staff who stayed late, partners who picked up the phone, and neighbours who defended the idea that a community can hold its own.
We are not pretending the road ahead is smooth. Poverty is not solved by a single programme. But we enter 2024 with the same stubborn recipe: feed, teach, protect dignity, repeat.
We still worry about rent, about safety, about the things that do not fit neatly into a year-end letter. If you are reading this from warmth and Wi‑Fi, carry us with you — not as pity, but as partners.
From all of us at ETCO — thank you for walking with us. If you want to start the year with something tangible, fund a Saturday meal, share our work with a friend, or visit and meet the people behind the numbers.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebration
In celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, ETCO, in partnership with Rotary Club of Nairobi Connect and with support from the Safaricom Foundation, today donated 900 sanitary towels to girls at Joash Olum Primary School. This initiative was aimed at supporting the girl child by promoting menstrual dignity, boosting confidence, and helping keep girls in school so they can stay focused on their education and future careers.
Kikuyu Rotary Club Team site visit - partnership
It was a pleasure hosting the Nairobi Rotary Club Connect’s Yumbya Nyamai, who also represented Ecologists Without Borders (EcoWB), alongside the Kikuyu Rotary Club Presidents—past, current, and incoming—George Ngotho, Patrick, and Marion respectively. We truly appreciated your visit to the site and your interest in the upcoming waste management project.
Efforts: Inputs - Waste Management Project Strategy
Soon, just very soon. It will all make sense. Efforts, sleepless nights.... Stress, strategies, failures and minor successes... One day, I'll look back and say, Yes, I created a *System* Generation System... Me and the people I serve will be grateful... I'll be happy to have served my purpose in this world. 😊😊