Week 13 - Children Feeding Program
Cold season crept in — morning mist on corrugated roofs, children in sweaters with elbows worn shiny. The feeding programme did not pause for weather; hunger does not check the forecast, and Saturdays stay fixed on the calendar even when the air stings and breath shows white for a second before vanishing.
What moves us is trust earned in weeks: a child arriving because she knows Saturday at ETCO means something — maybe a lesson, maybe a song, maybe a life skill slipped inside a game — and always something warm to eat before she walks home through air that bites her ears, scarf tugged tight, sandals slapping stone.
We are grateful to donors, sponsors, and partners who keep the fire lit and the accounting honest. Cold hands still reach for spoons because your support translates into sacks and stoves — not applause, but lunch, counted bowl by bowl, Saturday after Saturday.
Someone blew on their fingers before wrapping them around a metal mug of tea — small heat held between palms. Children compared sweaters, trading jokes about whose grandmother knits tighter, whose cuffs still scratch, whose colour faded first.
Trust shows up as routine: the same day, the same doorway, adults who remember names even when uniforms change. If you want to fund a month of Saturdays, ask us for a simple budget; we will break it down to the shilling, line by line, because cold mornings deserve honest numbers and children deserve to plan on warmth they can count.
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.
High Level NRC & Development Partners Meeting
Representing the Ngong River Regeneration Network, I'm having the privilege of attending a high-level breakfast meeting convened by the Nairobi Rivers Commission (NRC) in collaboration with the Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat. The meeting has brought together Development Partners, Government Agencies, Private Sector representatives, and Community representatives to deliberate on the restoration and sustainable management of Nairobi’s rivers.