Successful Weekend again
Steam lifted from the serving dish and disappeared into the cool air around the ETCO office — the kind of Saturday smell that makes stomachs answer before words do. Volunteers moved in a practiced rhythm: pots, plates, laughter, someone calling a child by name so they did not miss their turn.
The children’s feeding programme is simple on paper and intricate in person. You ladle stew, you watch a shy grin appear, you hear a story about school, football, a little brother at home. A meal fills a stomach; the minutes around it steady a whole afternoon.
Someone always tries to sneak an extra chapati to a toddler; someone else keeps order so the line stays fair. Spills happen — quick mops, teasing, no shame. By the time plates stack high in the wash basin, the office has stopped feeling like “work” and started feeling like a yard where neighbours belong.
No one left claiming a miracle — just full bowls, shared benches, and the quiet proof that kindness scales when people show up. If you want next weekend to feel the same, bring your hands: we always need another person to wash plates or keep the queue kind.
Weekends like this also remind us why we keep donor receipts straight and why we thank people by name when we can. Food runs on trust — the trust of a child who returns next week, and the trust of someone who sent KSh and wants to know it became lunch, not paperwork.
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. 😊😊