Week 2 of Climate Resilience Service Program
The river does not care about slogans. It only notices what you remove from it — plastic tangled in reeds, foam cups caught on stones, the sharp edge of a broken bottle half-hidden in mud. Week two of our second cleaning cohort in Climate Worx Mtaani felt like that: sleeves rolled, boots wrong for fashion but right for wading, hands learning what “clean” actually costs.
Learning and unlearning by the water
Climate Worx Mtaani is not a classroom with a blackboard. It is a strip of bank where someone finally admits they used to toss waste downstream because nobody had shown them another way. Here, unlearning is as important as learning — less lecture, more demonstration: sort here, compost there, do not burn this.
Our volunteers are not tourists. They are neighbours who returned for a second week because the first week left them restless in a good way — eyes sharper for litter, voices braver when correcting a friend. ETCO stays in the middle of it, not as heroes on a poster, but as people who bring gloves, structure, and the stubborn belief that a river can change if the community refuses to look away.
We will be back on the line next round. If you want to join a cohort — even for one morning — message us. We will trade you sweat for something rarer: the quiet satisfaction of water running a little clearer than it did yesterday.
Ngong River Regeneration Network - Zone (1-6)
The Ngong River Regeneration Network Zone Coordinators (Zones 1–6) held a productive meeting with the Commissioners representing the Ngong River, chaired by Commissioner Benjamin Langwen, alongside Commissioners John Kioli and Dr. Loice Jepkemboi Kipkiror, together with Inspector Ashford - NRC Secretariat. The meeting was highly engaging and inspiring, leaving us even more energized and committed to advancing the river restoration agenda. Together, we reaffirmed our shared commitment to not only regenerating our rivers, but also promoting a cleaner environment, encouraging food production through downstream farming, and creating sustainable job opportunities through riverine activities. #NgongRiverRestoration #NairobiRivers #EnvironmentalConservation #RiverRegeneration #ClimateAction #CommunityEmpowerment #GreenJobs
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.