How a Kibera composting collective turns food waste into income

In Kibera, a community composting collective has turned a daily logistics problem into a small economy. Members gather fruit peels and kitchen scraps from neighborhood vendors, cure the material in a shared yard, and sell finished compost to nearby urban farmers and rooftop gardeners.

The work follows the Community Hubs For Change approach: take an institution or shared space, organize it around composting and food-security learning, and let women and young people lead the operations. What started as waste becomes soil, income, and a reason to gather.