Community Engagement & Walk along Ngong River
The Canaan Estate Community Hall filled with the low murmur of people finding seats — boots scraping, someone testing a mic, rain still drying on the windows from the night before.
ETCO joined UN‑Habitat, the German Embassy, and the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC) to talk plainly about Nairobi’s rivers: what they are now, what they could be, and why the Nairobi Dam and its tributaries cannot be an afterthought.
263 voices, 400 metres of truth
Voices carried weight — from Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dr Martin Röw, UN‑Habitat’s Oumar Sylla, and NRC Chairperson Dr Pamela Olet, among others. The conversation was not charity theatre; it was agencies, community, and blunt reality in one room.
Then we walked. Four hundred metres along a stretch of the Ngong River system — enough to see plastic snagged in roots, enough to feel why partnership cannot be optional. By the end, the list of next steps sounded like work: coordinate, fund, enforce, return, repeat.
A river walk is not a nature stroll here. It is evidence. You smell it. You see how settlements and infrastructure meet water in ways that need patience, money, and political will — not blame aimed only at the poorest.
Two hundred and sixty-three community members participated and were sensitised — people who will go home and explain what they saw in their own words. That is how change survives a conference.
No single organisation can carry a river alone. If you care about clean water and honest cities, amplify this work, connect us with allies, and keep saying it — #LetTheRiversFlow — until budgets follow the talk.
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.