Day 2 of 3, KEPRO and PAKPRO Ngong Rivers Clean Up
Day two began with the sound of gumboots on stone — teams fanning out along three Ngong stretches where plastic had braided itself into reeds and glass glittered where children play. KEPRO and PAKPRO worked with ETCO, local authorities, and neighbours to lift waste into piles trucks could actually reach.
Every hour someone hauled a sack heavier than yesterday's excuse. Sweat stung; a supervisor whistled to keep tempo; a woman rinsed her hands in a bottle of water she could not spare.
Between loads, talk turned practical: could this waste earn someone a few honest shillings? Could sorting create jobs instead of fires along the bank? Those questions matter in Kibera, where idle hands are not laziness — they are a shortage of openings.
A county officer wiped mud on his trousers and laughed — not because the work was funny, but because laughter is how bodies forgive themselves for another hour.
By late afternoon the holding points looked almost respectable, which is to say dangerous: respectability invites dumping again unless eyes stay open.
We drank warm soda someone had chilled imperfectly and called it celebration — carbonation rising like small hopes.
Success on day two was not a polished report; it was tired people agreeing to return. If you have ideas — or capital — for small recycling trials along this river, contact us. Cleanup clears the ground; work keeps it clear.
Day three waited upstream — same gloves drying on a line, same stubborn plastic pretending it belongs in a river.
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. 😊😊