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.
From Participation to Agency: ETCO at the SAIIA Youth Programming Innovation Lab
Last week, ETCO represented Kibra at the SAIIA Youth Programming Innovation Lab in Nairobi — where the real question wasn't youth participation, but youth agency. Here's what that means for our nine programmes, and an honest look at what it takes to build sustainably as a volunteer-run organisation.
Creating Impact, Building a Better Tomorrow
At ETCO, we're committed to creating lasting positive impact by keeping our environment safe and clean while creating meaningful employment opportunities for our communities. Through innovation and strategic partnerships with like-minded stakeholders, we're working together to achieve shared goals that drive sustainable development. We're also conducting a comprehensive economic survey to better understand the project's returns, impact, and scalability—ensuring every step we take is informed, effective, and built for long-term success.
Planning Meeting with PSN - Waste Management Project
Today's ETCO had logistical planning meeting at PSN Office to discuss the upcoming waste management project... Good things take time.