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Field report: Happy for partnerships
14 July 2024

Happy for partnerships

Uebert Angel Foundation and The GOOD News partnered with ETCO to strengthen the Saturday Children Feeding Programme—delivering nutritious meals and exemplifying what joint action can achieve.

  1. Field report: Goodness of partnership
    30 June 2024

    Goodness of partnership

    On 29 June, ETCO with Uebert Angel Foundation (UAF) and Good News Church served 380+ people—from children to elders—through the Saturday outreach, with deep gratitude to UAF’s SE Nairobi branch.

  2. Field report: ETCO's Saturday Children Feeding Program
    22 June 2024

    ETCO's Saturday Children Feeding Program

    Each Saturday, ETCO’s feeding programme tackles food insecurity for vulnerable children—providing nutritious meals, stability, and a space where volunteers and neighbours serve together.

  3. Field report: Extended days for Community Environmental Clean Up
    15 June 2024

    Extended days for Community Environmental Clean Up

    A planned three-day river waste removal stretched to five days and a night—volunteers, PAKPRO, and KEPRO loaded trucks through delays, clearing clogged stretches across Kibera, Highrise, Seafar, and Nairobi West.

  4. Field report: Day 3 of 3 KEPRO and PAKPRO Ngong Rivers Clean Up
    12 June 2024

    Day 3 of 3 KEPRO and PAKPRO Ngong Rivers Clean Up

    Day three of the Ngong River cleanup spanned Mashimoni, Highrise bridge, and Nairobi West—deepening ETCO’s learning on environmental suitability and resource management for lasting impact.

  5. Field report: Day 2 of 3, KEPRO and PAKPRO Ngong Rivers Clean Up
    12 June 2024

    Day 2 of 3, KEPRO and PAKPRO Ngong Rivers Clean Up

    Day two of the Ngong River cleanup—with KEPRO, PAKPRO, authorities, and local groups—moved solid waste to holding points and sparked dialogue on turning waste into livelihood opportunities.

  6. Field report: Grateful for the far we've come
    8 June 2024

    Grateful for the far we've come

    ETCO’s Saturday feeding programme anchors weekly hope in Kibera—nutritious meals, belonging for children, and deep gratitude to volunteers, donors, and sponsors who keep the initiative alive.

  7. Field report: Welcoming Linda Gitau (Keke) to ETCO & Feeding Program.
    26 May 2024

    Welcoming Linda Gitau (Keke) to ETCO & Feeding Program.

    On 25 May, ETCO joined the Uebert Angel Foundation and Good News Church to run our Saturday feeding programme—and to welcome Linda Gitau (Keke), our new Coordinator for Charity Events on the ETCO Board, as she saw the impact up close.

  8. Field report: Another day for ETCO to stand with it's people.
    14 May 2024

    Another day for ETCO to stand with it's people.

    With SDI–Kenya, ETCO helped distribute relief food across Kibra to flood-affected residents, people who had been evicted, older people, disabled community members, and others facing acute vulnerability—reaching more than five hundred people.

  9. Field report: Holiday impact - in Nyayo Highrise Ward
    10 May 2024

    Holiday impact - in Nyayo Highrise Ward

    Tujiamini SportPesa backed ETCO's tree planting, river clean-up and Saturday feeding programme, reaching over 450 children and 520 families in Nyayo Highrise Ward.

  10. Field report: Purpose to attend. Tujiamini SportPesa and ETCO
    7 May 2024

    Purpose to attend. Tujiamini SportPesa and ETCO

    ETCO and Tujiamini SportPesa invited the community to a purposeful public holiday: plant trees, clear and unclog waterways, remember lives lost to floods, run the children’s feeding programme, and share food donations with residents of Nyayo Highrise Ward.