Care for Environment
Morning light catches plastic snagged in reeds along the Ngong River corridor, and the smell of damp soil rises where neighbours have already begun raking debris into sacks. This is not a distant conservation poster — it is work done in boots, with wheelbarrows, by people who live beside the water.
With support from the German Embassy, UN-Habitat, EcoWB, and Power Engineers, ETCO is walking alongside local groups to clean and restore stretches of the river. Community teams focus on their own sections — clearing channels, sorting waste, and testing ideas that turn a grim chore into safer neighbourhoods and small openings for work.
A Saturday that moves more than rubbish
The effort sits inside Nairobi’s wider “Let the Rivers Flow” push by the Nairobi Rivers Commission — a reminder that a river that breathes helps everyone downstream. On 20 November 2023, ETCO hosted a cleanup along Nairobi Dam tributaries in Nyayo Highrise Ward, inviting partners who care about the Ngong River staying healthy enough to support the city’s reservoir.
Along the Ngong, local groups work their own patches — not as strangers to the problem, but as people who know which bend traps plastic after rain and which footpaths children use on the way to school. That local focus is how fresh ideas show up: better sorting, safer burning where it must happen, odd jobs for youth who need a day’s pay, and a cleaner channel for the next person walking downstream.
Rivers do not fix themselves behind desks. If you want cleaner channels before the next heavy rain, join the next community sweep — gloves on, sleeves rolled, room for one more pair of hands.
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.