Week 14 - Children Feeding Program
Three old desktops hummed — fans working harder than the afternoon deserved. Children in Class Six and above leaned forward, fingers learning keys as if keyboards were new instruments and they were figuring out the scales, hunting letters with the same focus they use when a teacher writes an exam date on the board.
We opened computer lessons as a test run: can we teach without shaming beginners, can we keep order when curiosity outruns bandwidth, can we protect equipment in a room that also welcomes dust and elbows? The session doubled as engagement — something worthwhile to hold minds while pots finished on the fire, steam and fan-noise mixing in the doorway, patience measured in minutes until the whistle for food.
Excitement showed in quick smiles when a window opened on screen — small triumphs we want to stack week by week. ETCO’s empowerment goals are not a poster; they are a child who can type her name and mean it, uppercase where it belongs, cursor blinking like patience.
We need more mice, surge protectors, and patient volunteers who can repeat a step ten times without sighing. Extension cords trip easily when twenty feet want one socket; we tape them flat and still watch, because a bruised knee heals faster than a ruined screen.
A boy opened a spreadsheet cell and typed his mother’s phone number wrong twice; the third time it sat clean and correct, and he looked up like he had unlocked a door, the screen’s pale glow on his cheeks proof that mistakes are not the end of learning.
The smell of food climbed the doorway while lessons ran — a deliberate order: minds first, then bowls, because empty minds and full stomachs rarely arrive on the same minute. If you can donate hardware or sponsor internet days, contact us — digital skills should not be a privilege reserved for estates with fibre hanging like decoration, not here, not when curiosity is already waiting.
Easter Feeding Program
Thanks to Tim Ruff and Stephanie, ETCO hosted a warm Easter Friday feeding program for children at our new office—bringing joy, a good meal, and community together in Kibera.
ETCO's Kibera Slums Tour
We thank Tim Ruff and Stephanie for joining ETCO’s Slum Tour in Kibera—walking with us, listening to residents, and experiencing the strength and reality of our community firsthand.
FLOOD SUPPORT APPEAL – KIBERA
Heavy rains brought flooding to Kibera’s riparian areas—destroying homes, claiming lives, and leaving families in urgent need. ETCO appeals to well-wishers for food, clothing, bedding, medical support, and other basics, while urging everyone to stay safe around fast water and contamination risks.