Happy New Year
On the first morning of 2024, while the city nursed its New Year’s headaches, we chose a different kind of celebration: smoke from the kitchen, songs we didn’t plan, and a queue of children who arrived like confetti.
We kicked off the children’s feeding programme for the year with full plates and full hearts. Youth drifted in to help serve. Elderly neighbours settled on plastic chairs, swapping stories while the smallest ones ate with both hands.
Someone’s grandmother prayed quietly before she ate — not performative, just grateful. A boy tried to keep his new shirt clean and failed immediately. The year began with sauce on sleeves, which feels honest.
It is a strange, sweet way to begin a calendar — not with speeches, but with spoons. We are carrying that same spirit forward: show up, feed honestly, stay kind.
If your January is full of budgets and school fees, know that many families here are doing the same maths with smaller margins. A strong start matters — for bodies, and for hope.
If you welcomed 2024 with resolutions, consider one that tastes like ugali and generosity. Support ETCO’s Saturday meals or walk beside us as a volunteer; we would love to share the work with you.
New Year’s Day is easy to photograph; the rest of the year is harder. We are choosing the harder part — showing up again next week, and the week after.
Thank you to everyone who shared the day — children, youth, elders — and to those who gave quietly so the sufuria could be full before the sun climbed high.
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. 😊😊
🌍 World Earth Day Highlights
We had an incredible time commemorating World Earth Day alongside amazing partners and community champions. It was a pleasure connecting with the Peace Pulse 254 team—Mr. Patrick, Madam Grace, and Mr. Immanuel—as well as the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC), led by Community Lead Commissioner Madam Eva Muhia.