Last week’s heavy rains in Nairobi revealed more than flooded streets: Images of garbage clogging the Nairobi River and blocking drainage systems circulated widely, raising questions about how cities manage waste and urban infrastructure. Beneath that environmental crisis lies another story about education and the importance of early life lessons.
At the launch of Vision 2040 by Mizizi Elimu Afrika in Nairobi, Florence Wanja, the chief guest, shared a simple childhood memory that still shapes her behaviour today: As a young girl, she was taught not to litter. Even now, if she unwraps a sweet, she keeps the paper in her bag until she finds a dustbin. Early lessons, she observed, rarely fade.
