Care through food
If you listen long enough in Kibera, you learn the languages people trust — music, football, prayer, and food laid out where everyone can reach.
Today the dialect was githeri and laughter: spoons clicking, steam curling toward the rafters, someone arguing playfully about who finished first. A little girl offered her friend the bigger potato because she knew we could refill the pot — that small confidence is what a regular meal grows.
Parents watched from plastic chairs, some still in work dust, shoulders dropping as children ate. Teenagers helped carry cups of water; an elder teased a boy about his appetite, and the boy grinned instead of hiding.
Compassion shows up in those small generosities — eye contact from a volunteer, a second serving without a lecture — not in speeches.
Want to fund the next shared meal — or cook with us once? Contact etco-kenya.org; we will send the shopping list in KSh and the head count we expect this Saturday.
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.
High Level NRC & Development Partners Meeting
Representing the Ngong River Regeneration Network, I'm having the privilege of attending a high-level breakfast meeting convened by the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC) in collaboration with the Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat. The meeting has brought together Development Partners, Government Agencies, Private Sector representatives, and Community representatives to deliberate on the restoration and sustainable management of Nairobi’s rivers.