NGONG RIVER CLEAN UP
Tomorrow is the day. Tonight, someone in Kibera is listening to rain on iron sheets and doing maths no one should have to do—how high is the water, how fast can we move the mattress, which path is still passable with a child on your back.
Flooding is not a headline here; it is a neighbour knocking at 3 a.m., a shoe floating past your door, a smell that lingers after the water goes down. The Ngong River carries more than water—it carries plastic, soil, and everything careless days have dumped upstream.
Unclogging a river is not romantic work. It is sacks, shovels, sweat, and the stubborn belief that if water can flow, maybe next week a family sleeps dry. It is also community courage: showing up when you are tired, because tired is still better than trapped.
We are showing up to let the river breathe again—so when the clouds return, Kibera is not paying the full price for other people’s waste. Come early. Wear boots if you have them. Bring gloves. Bring a friend. Bring the kind of patience that outlasts one morning. #LetTheRiversFlow
If you cannot lift a sack, you can still help: stop trash at the source, call out dumping, and remind each other that a river is not a convenient place to make problems disappear.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebration
In celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, ETCO, in partnership with Rotary Club of Nairobi Connect and with support from the Safaricom Foundation, today donated 900 sanitary towels to girls at Joash Olum Primary School. This initiative was aimed at supporting the girl child by promoting menstrual dignity, boosting confidence, and helping keep girls in school so they can stay focused on their education and future careers.
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. 😊😊