Let's Go ETCO
Let’s go — two words you hear when a queue is moving and nobody wants to lose the momentum. This Saturday had that energy: plates first, then curiosity.
Children ate well — real food, not a story about food — then leaned forward at screens at the ETCO Computer Centre, learning clicks that open doors. Later, games spilled laughter into the corridor: competition without cruelty, joy without a budget line for it.
You could see it in their faces — the shift from “I am hungry” to “I am learning,” without anyone making a speech about empowerment. The room did the talking.
That is the kind of Saturday we want repeated — body fed, mind stretched, spirit lighter. We are still here because the community keeps meeting us halfway.
Come volunteer, send support, or tell one friend what ETCO does on Saturdays. The next child through the gate might be the one who remembers the day someone taught her to log in.
Digital skills are not magic; they are doors. And a child who has eaten first can concentrate long enough for a door to matter.
So let’s go — again next Saturday — because momentum is not motivation alone; it is meals prepared, cables plugged in, and adults stubborn enough to believe both belong in the same morning.
Tell someone what you read here. Sometimes the simplest advocacy is a forwarded message that becomes a donation, a volunteer, a child’s first afternoon without an empty stomach.
That is the ETCO rhythm — practical, weekly, human.
Engaging Children through Feeding Program
Thanks to Chris and Jayne, ETCO had a warm feeding program for children at our new office—bringing joy, a good meal, and community together in Kibera.
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.