Sharing is fun
There is a particular sound when a child realises the plate in front of them is truly theirs — not borrowed, not promised — and the spoon moves faster.
Our feeding programme exists because food insecurity is not a headline here; it is a Tuesday. Nutritious meals buy time for growth, for attention, for the small lessons that happen when a child is not distracted by hunger.
You notice it in the body: shoulders drop, eyes lift, a joke lands because nobody is calculating the price of the next meal mid‑laugh.
Sharing is fun because it breaks isolation. A volunteer jokes; a neighbour serves; dignity stops being a lecture and becomes a portion.
We are not claiming we solve every problem with a plate. We are claiming that starting with food makes the rest of the day possible — homework, play, hope.
On Saturdays, sharing is also logistics: who carries water, who stirs longest, who notices the child hanging back and walks over with a smile first, food second.
Fun sounds light. Here it is also discipline — the discipline of returning, of not making hunger a private shame, of letting a child feel normal for an hour.
Join us — bring a morning, bring a bag of maize, bring your name to the list.
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.