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Field reports, stories, and practical updates from ETCO's community-led work in Kenya.

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Field report: Inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM)
8 December 2023

Inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Our first AGM brought directors, staff, and partners into one honest room: strategy for 2024, audited conversation about finances, and departmental plans grounded in community reality.

  1. Field report: Sharing is fun
    2 December 2023

    Sharing is fun

    Sharing really is fun: at ETCO’s feeding programme, plates and stories pass hand to hand—turning nutrition into belonging for children who need both.

  2. Field report: Community Engagement and Clean Up - Ngong Rivers
    20 November 2023

    Community Engagement and Clean Up - Ngong Rivers

    On 20 November 2023, dialogue met shovels: community members tackled drainage, waste, and river health along the Ngong—backed by chiefs, the Green Army, and partners who believe rivers can breathe again.

  3. Field report: Week 46 of 2023 - Feeding Program
    18 November 2023

    Week 46 of 2023 - Feeding Program

    Week 46 reminded us why Saturdays matter: volunteers, donors, and quiet well-wishers lining up so children could eat—special thanks to Kenton Price and Capital Whiskey Club.

  4. Field report: National Tree Planting Day
    12 November 2023

    National Tree Planting Day

    Across Nyayo Highrise Ward, ETCO and partners put 350 seedlings into soil—linking neighbourhood effort to Kenya’s bold tree targets and the simple truth that Earth is home for all of us.

  5. Field report: Let's Go ETCO
    10 November 2023

    Let's Go ETCO

    Let’s Go ETCO: Saturdays that pair hot meals with first steps on keyboards—and room to play—because holistic child development needs food, learning, and joy in one trusted place.

  6. Field report: Care for Environment
    9 November 2023

    Care for Environment

    Care for the environment is care for people: with German Embassy and UN-Habitat support, ETCO and partners walk alongside Ngong River communities—cleaning, learning, and aiming for a healthier Nairobi reservoir.

  7. Field report: Safe Space for children.
    4 November 2023

    Safe Space for children.

    El Niño strains Kibera: floods, fast runoff, and disease risks. ETCO’s Saturday safe space combines feeding, play, and life skills so children are seen, fed, and sheltered from harm.

  8. Field report: Urban October.
    31 October 2023

    Urban October.

    On World Cities Day, ETCO and the Nairobi Rivers Commission gathered riverine communities at Pumwani Social Hall—policy, diplomacy, and neighbourhood voice meeting under Let The Rivers Flow.

  9. Field report: Increased Holiday demand for ETCO
    28 October 2023

    Increased Holiday demand for ETCO

    Long holidays pushed more families to ETCO’s feeding days—stretching our budgets while reinforcing why we also serve youth and elders, not only children.

  10. Field report: Successful Weekend again
    21 October 2023

    Successful Weekend again

    Another Saturday feeding that felt like community: volunteers, hot meals, laughter, and the quiet proof that small kindnesses stack into real change.