Workshop focused on application of Nature-Based Solutions
The room smelled of coffee and rain on windows — UN-Habitat, ICLEI Africa, and KDI had packed the 3EP project into a day that asked a hard question: how do you heal a city’s rivers without pretending people living beside them are an afterthought?
ETCO attended as learners and contributors. The workshop pressed nature-based solutions into real Nairobi soil — not as a trendy label, but as roots, stone, wetlands, shade, the boring miracles that hold banks together when storms arrive. Alongside that came ecosystem-based adaptation and participatory planning — phrases that matter only when they translate into who gets heard in a meeting and who gets flooded when a plan fails.
Sessions pushed participants from definitions to practice: how to design interventions informal settlements can maintain, how rights show up in environmental work, how to plan with communities rather than for them. The facilitators did not let anyone hide behind slides.
We left with sharper tools and a longer to-do list. If you are a technician, a chief, or a youth leader working a river line, connect with us — we want the next designs to be tested where gumboots are already worn thin.
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.