**A Season of Hope and Community Love! **
Merry Christmas from Kibera. The season finds us tired sometimes — honest — but still lighting stoves, still answering messages, still believing the next child through the gate matters.
This year you helped us do the unglamorous work that holds a neighbourhood together: outreach when it rained, environmental clean-ups when it was easier to stay home, talent days where a shy singer became brave for three minutes.
We felt your support in practical ways — supplies arriving, strangers becoming friends, messages that said, “We see you.” That kind of solidarity is not decoration; it is fuel.
We are not asking you to picture us perfect. We are asking you to picture us present — black, white, and grey T‑shirts; dust on shoes; M‑PESA confirmations that mean beans tomorrow.
If the holidays are hard for you too, know you are not alone in that. Community is partly built in the uncelebrated weeks — the return visits, the follow‑up calls, the clean‑up after the party.
However you celebrate, carry a little of this place with you: warmth, noise, stubborn hope. And if you can, send a year‑end gift to ETCO so January’s programmes start strong.
We will close the year the way we started it — with work that fits in gumboots and aprons, with gratitude spoken plainly, and with room for one more plate if someone arrives late.
Easter Feeding Program
Thanks to Tim Ruff and Stephanie, ETCO hosted a warm Easter Friday feeding program for children at our new office—bringing joy, a good meal, and community together in Kibera.
ETCO's Kibera Slums Tour
We thank Tim Ruff and Stephanie for joining ETCO’s Slum Tour in Kibera—walking with us, listening to residents, and experiencing the strength and reality of our community firsthand.
FLOOD SUPPORT APPEAL – KIBERA
Heavy rains brought flooding to Kibera’s riparian areas—destroying homes, claiming lives, and leaving families in urgent need. ETCO appeals to well-wishers for food, clothing, bedding, medical support, and other basics, while urging everyone to stay safe around fast water and contamination risks.