E-Waste Tour (Learning)
Wednesday began in Ngara. Mr Thuo and Mr Peter from the Electronic Waste Initiative Kenya stood beside piles of keyboards and stripped cables, explaining what happens before recycling — collection, sorting, fingers learning which plastic cracks clean.
KDI and Afrotecha-Urban organised the three-day Lab-Not-Lab tour — Gathanga Ndung'u, Wacera Thande, and Anita Wesonga kept us moving. SDI, ETCO, university students, and other partners followed in a loose line, notebooks open.
Dandora afternoon
By afternoon Dandora pressed in: gulls, smell, colour. Cricket Writes, Harun Baraza (Jamali), and Davis Tafari showed how informal handlers repair, re-engineer, and recycle what the city throws away.
At the WEEE Centre in Utawala, machines hummed — cable stripper, plastic shredder, glass grinder. Staff schedule the loudest work so families nearby can sleep.
We ended at the refurbishment bench where old computers return to life. If your school club wants a supervised e-waste visit, coordinate through EWIK and mention ETCO's October tour.
Engaging Children through Feeding Program
Thanks to Chris and Jayne, ETCO had a warm feeding program for children at our new office—bringing joy, a good meal, and community together in Kibera.
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.