Late December light falls sideways over corrugated roofs. In the kitchen, the last sufuria of the year is scraped clean — not because waste is acceptable, but because hunger does not take holidays.
What we carry into 2024
2023 asked a lot of Kibera — and a lot of ETCO. Our Saturday feeding programme kept showing up: hot food when money ran out before month-end. Alongside that, teams kept pushing for cleaner corners and greener edges — small acts of care that make a lane easier to breathe in. At the ETCO Computer Centre, keyboards clicked where screens used to feel impossible; a child learned copy‑paste like a superpower.
None of that happens alone. It is staff who stayed late, partners who picked up the phone, and neighbours who defended the idea that a community can hold its own.
We are not pretending the road ahead is smooth. Poverty is not solved by a single programme. But we enter 2024 with the same stubborn recipe: feed, teach, protect dignity, repeat.
We still worry about rent, about safety, about the things that do not fit neatly into a year-end letter. If you are reading this from warmth and Wi‑Fi, carry us with you — not as pity, but as partners.
From all of us at ETCO — thank you for walking with us. If you want to start the year with something tangible, fund a Saturday meal, share our work with a friend, or visit and meet the people behind the numbers.
