Female - Based Business Training session
Morning light cut across plastic chairs arranged tight — notebooks open, pens clicking, phones face-down so M-PESA alerts would not steal the hour. This was day two of our youth business training, and the room leaned toward young women who are tired of being told to wait their turn.
We focused on skills that translate into real interviews: how to speak about experience when your CV is thin, how to handle shifts and uniforms, how to read a payslip without embarrassment. The hospital sector came up again and again — not glamour, but steady hours and a path that can hold a family when rent is due in cash, not promises.
Training is not magic. Some participants will land placements quickly; others will need more coaching, more referrals, more weeks of showing up. ETCO is grateful to every partner who keeps the hall lit and the facilitator paid — because dignity, here, looks like a schedule you can trust.
If you can sponsor transport stipends or print certificates for graduates, contact us through etco-kenya.org. Small KSh amounts often decide whether a young woman returns for day three — or stays home to mind a sibling.
At break, someone rehearsed introducing herself in English while a friend timed her on a phone stopwatch — thirty seconds, no filler. The hospital corridor is still imaginary, but the voice was already steadier.
Facilitators circled back to questions about night shifts, standing for hours, and how to ask for leave without sounding ungrateful — the invisible curriculum no brochure prints.
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.