Dated, first-hand updates from our five program areas — published as they happen, so supporters can see exactly where their time and money go.
Volunteers and county artisans replaced 14 meters of corroded handrail on the footbridge that links Gituamba to Kasarani town, ahead of the August rains.
Our termly mentorship circle for upper-primary girls closed its third cohort with a small graduation ceremony, career talks, and a distribution of sanitary kits.
Our biggest cleanup yet brought together school clubs, boda boda riders, and church groups to clear the riparian strip ahead of the rainy season.
Five neighborhood savings groups under our women's economic empowerment program now count 100 active savers, with over KSh 640,000 cycled through in loans this year.
Six neighborhood teams of boys and girls under 15 kicked off the second season of our community football league, designed to keep young people engaged during the school holidays.
In partnership with Kasarani Health Centre and a visiting optometry team, we hosted a one-day free screening camp covering blood pressure, blood sugar, and basic eye care.
After two years running a lunch program at Gituamba Primary, we have extended porridge and lunch support to a neighboring school where enrollment had been falling due to hunger-related absenteeism.
Marking the start of the year, volunteers and pupils from two schools planted 1,200 indigenous tree and vetiver seedlings to fight erosion along the stream that feeds under our footbridge.
Members gathered for our fifth Annual General Meeting to review 2025 activities, elect two new committee members, and set priorities for the year ahead.
After a resident was injured slipping on the muddy, poorly drained approach to the footbridge, we submitted a formal request to Kasarani Sub-County for drainage works.
A year after launching our mentorship circle, informal tracking with teachers shows encouraging shifts in attendance, confidence, and academic engagement among participants.
Two of our women's savings circles completed formal registration with the Department of Social Development, unlocking access to government-linked enterprise funds.
Twenty-eight boda boda riders who operate near the footbridge crossing completed a basic first aid course, becoming the crossing's informal first responders.
Following a successful pilot season, our committee began planning an expanded second season of the under-15 football league, including new girls' teams.
Before scaling to 120 volunteers a year later, our first major stream cleanup brought out 55 residents and taught us how to organize a cleanup properly.
A look back at how a single savings circle of eleven women in 2022 grew into the five-group table banking network we coordinate today.
A year after launching mid-morning porridge and lunch support at Gituamba Primary, teachers report improved concentration and attendance among the pupils it reaches.
Before Gituamba Bridge Kasarani C.B.O. existed, informal repairs to the footbridge were the reason a group of neighbors first began organizing together.
As our five program areas matured beyond what a small founding committee could coordinate alone, we recruited our first formal cohort of volunteer program officers.
At the start of 2025, our committee formally organized its work into the five program pillars that continue to structure everything we do today.
Our fourth Annual General Meeting reflected on four years of growth since our 2020 registration and set the stage for formalizing five distinct program areas.