Over the past 4 months, the East African Small Steps Teams have built 6 composting odourless toilets. Allowing over 600 people have access to cleaner, safer and waterless toilets. Along with our Lactobacillus natural solution, the human waste will slowly turn into manure, rather than polluting the local water system. 👣💙 #landfill #lovenotlandfill #toilets #sustainable #eco #community #charity #smallsteps #waste ...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of #terryjones. A long time supporter and friend of the charity. His kindness, generosity and wonderful stories will be remembered. Thank you for leaving so much laughter in the world. Our love goes out to Terry’s family and fellow @montypythonofficial pythons at this tragic time.
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Meet Teacher Rightman who runs the Ngong project alongside John 🇰🇪 Rightman moved to Ngong, where his mothers family live, when he dropped out of high school due to issues at home. He did a number of jobs around Ngong. 🔨🏍 In 2014 Rightman got ill for the first time and had to move home. Whilst at home he started his own garden and sold produce in the Ngong market. In 2017 he got ill again and the community did a fundraiser to raise money for his healthcare. 🌿🌱 After getting better, Rightman wanted to give back to the community. Whilst at school Rightman was teaching younger children to make things, John was one of his first students! A friend gave him some money to make sandals and whilst making them by the dump, children came up to him asking for him to teach them. 👨🏿‍🏫 He was reunited with John, after being childhood friends, when their work with children brought them together. 🥿

Rightman now works with the older children teaching; creative skills, helping with homework and our feeding program. We are so lucky that John introduced us to Rightman. His creative genius is helping kids off the dump and teaching them valuable skills. 💙👣 ...

This is one of our Ngong project managers John Kihika. 🇰🇪 John grew up on Ngong rubbish dump after his father died and his family had to move from their home. After primary school he made and sold bracelets for two years to raise money to pay for secondary school. 📃

After he finished school he did odd jobs around Ngong but started his own small garden. His passion for gardening grew and he dreamt of having his own play site and garden for children from the rubbish dump. 🌱🌿 After meeting the SSP team in 2019 who were visiting the dump, and sharing his hopes for the future, he volunteered to look after the playground. We have now hired him full time to look after the younger children on the dump and helping with our feeding program twice a day. Fruit and vegetables he has grown are used to feed the children. Johns dedication to the children is an inspiration 💙 👣

Over the next few days we are going to be doing more meet the team posts for you guys to get to know the SSP international team 💙👣 ...

Meet our Ngong project football team!⚽️ Zachary (Top left) grew up on Ngong dump and is volunteering after school to teach younger children to play football.
The money raised from you guys buying our gift cards and donations from @ballsforafrica footballs made in Kenya have been given to the team. We also received donations of kits from our supporters so the boys can enjoy playing football after school rather than scavenging on the dump 💙 👣
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Revisiting the toilets @greensteff built in November has been amazing. They are working perfectly! Odourless and creating manure.
On Ngong dump site the team built a second toilet and decorated the area with sunflowers 🌻.
Over in the Korogocho slums at Dandora dump site we have trained the @kombgreensolutions team how to create there own #lactobacillus.
This is what authentic development is about- showing and sharing skills and innovations that local communities can recreate themselves. Improved sanitation is vital. These waterless eco toilets are life changing, reducing illness by managing human waste and making manure to put back into the land!
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A big thank you to everyone who bought our Christmas gift cards, which pay forward what you want to buy for our beneficiaries on the dump. The gifts were chosen by them. Paid for by you and delivered by us. No extra costs, no vague marketing, no ‘for £££ you could buy’. The tools needed to grow veg were bought by you and delivered by @greensteff and used immediately by the people who really need them!
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#grassroots #greensteps #greenstepsproject #smallstepsproject #smallsustainablesteps #farming #tools #growingfood #wednesdaywisdom ...