Equipment challenge for the feeding program
A feeding programme is not only food. It is plates that do not crack when they fall, spoons that do not bend on the first use, buckets that can be scrubbed clean, and storage that keeps rats honest. It is also the quiet work of washing up when everyone is tired and the sun has gone down.
We are honest about the gap: when hundreds of children eat every week, utensils wear out, disappear, or get borrowed and never returned. In a resource-tight place, ‘small’ losses add up fast—because a missing spoon is not a small thing when a child is already waiting too long in line.
What we are doing about it
We are not waiting for perfect conditions. We repair what we can, we borrow what we must, and we keep cooking—because nutrition still matters even when the budget is shy. We still believe in partnerships and creative solutions, because dignity should not depend on stainless steel being brand new.
If you can help with durable plates, spoons, or funds to replace worn equipment, you are not buying metal; you are protecting dignity—so no child eats from a cracked plate because that was the only one left. Reach out through ETCO’s usual channels and we will tell you what we need most this month.
Sometimes the humblest donation—stackable plates that survive a fall, spoons that can be boiled clean—does more for calm in the serving line than a speech ever could.
If equipment is how you want to help, tell us how many you can send and we will put it straight into service—no warehouse pride, just plates that get used the next Saturday.
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. 😊😊