Festival Month
December air in Kibera carries music from shops, extra traffic, and the quiet stress of parents doing math with too few shillings. In that month, our children’s feeding programme held its line — Saturdays like clockwork, bowls steady, the line sometimes longer than last month.
Festival lights do not pay rent. They also do not quiet a hungry stomach. So we kept the programme consistent while others were planning fireworks — because reliability is a kind of love.
Growth is good news. It is also a budget conversation. More children means more maize flour, more vegetables, more fuel — more everything except automatic funding.
We are honest about the strain. We would rather name it than pretend. Next year’s budget will need to grow if the numbers keep growing — otherwise portions shrink, and that is not the deal we want to make with children.
We are grateful to everyone who kept our programmes breathing this year: feeding, environment, learning spaces. Without that support, the wins would have been thinner — and hunger louder.
If you are ending your year with a little margin, put some of it here. A December gift to ETCO helps us enter January with the stove already warm.
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.