Grateful for your support
Some weeks we have long stories — trips, visitors, drama on the stage. This week we have the truth underneath all of it: the Saturday children’s feeding programme runs because people choose, again and again, to give.
Morning at Nyayo Highrise smells of soap and smoke from the jiko. Volunteers arrive with sacks balanced on shoulders; someone jokes that the stairs are cheaper than gym membership. By noon the lane knows we are cooking — a few children appear early, pretending they came for something else.
Your M-PESA notice, your bag of maize, your hour wiping tables — it lands as hot food in a plastic bowl, as a child who stops looking at the floor when they say thank you. Support is not an abstract “impact”; it is oil in the pan and a second helping for a teenager who ate little at home.
We are not polishing a brand; we are keeping a promise to Kibera. When prices jump, you are the reason we do not turn children away at the door.
Stay with us — etco-kenya.org lists what we need this month and who to talk to if you want receipts, a bank route, or a quiet visit to see the queue for yourself.
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.
High Level NRC & Development Partners Meeting
Representing the Ngong River Regeneration Network, I'm having the privilege of attending a high-level breakfast meeting convened by the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC) in collaboration with the Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat. The meeting has brought together Development Partners, Government Agencies, Private Sector representatives, and Community representatives to deliberate on the restoration and sustainable management of Nairobi’s rivers.