On 25 May, Linda Gitau — Keke to friends — stepped into our Saturday chaos with board-member eyes and neighbour warmth. She joins ETCO as Coordinator for Charity Events; this was her first close look at what that title will mean on the ground.
Board work can live in minutes and logos; Keke stood where minutes cannot — where sauce spills on concrete and gratitude arrives without a letterhead.
With Uebert Angel Foundation and Good News Church alongside us, we served over 300 people from toddlers to elders. Plates clattered; someone's grandmother got an extra chapati wrapped in foil for the walk home.
UAF's SE Nairobi branch carried weight as usual — coordination, resources, presence. Partnerships work when titles shrink and spoons grow.
Children pressed close to see whether the visitor's shoes would survive the mud; they did, but only because Keke stepped where we stepped — slowly, carefully, like someone who intends to return.
She asked questions we like — the practical kind — about cost per plate, time to boil, where mothers wait when the line doubles back. Answers that keep charity from becoming theatre.
Keke, karibu tena. To everyone reading: we still need hands for next Saturday — message us if you can cook, serve, or simply hold a baby while a mother eats.
