About Us
As People of Action, our help and personal response is always needed. We want our community to be better than how we found it.
The club was chartered on 16th May 2018 with 32 members and the club has managed to maintain this number. The membership is on average between the ages of 30 and 45, and is almost equal in numbers of male and female members. We meet every Monday evening at the Trade Mark Hotel within the Village Market in Gigiri.
We continue to develop and implement activities in line with our Strategic Plan. We focus on Peace & Conflict Resolution, the Environment, Education and Basic Literacy, Health and Disease Prevention, Water and Sanitation. RC Gachie is deliberately focused on carrying out as many community services within our capability, offering voluntary financial and in-kind services to our community in answer to the ethos of Service Above Self.
Our Story
The history and journey of our Rotary club.
Where We Are
The Rotary Club of Gachie is in Nairobi, Kenya. We are 16kms due west of the Central Business District. The area comprises the neighbourhoods of Gachie, Ruaka, Kihara Banana Hill, Ndumberi and Wangige areas to the west. Next to these villages are the affluent areas of Gigiri, Runda, RedHill and Muthaiga which house many diplomatic missions and residences, as well as the United National Environment Programme Headquarters. They also provide low level and mid-level employment for some of the other residents of this area.
This was predominantly a tea and coffee growing area 30 years ago, with established plantations and small-scale farming. When coffee prices plummeted in the 80's, big coffee plantations thought it more profitable to subdivide their land and sell to developers looking to fill the accommodation vacuum created by rural to urban migrants into Nairobi looking for work. Small-scale farmers soon followed suit, subdividing their land parcels and selling to hungry developers, retaining a portion for their own residences.
Between the affluence of some of our community areas and the new developments reside a middle group who either through greed or mismanagement, have fallen into poverty. This is the group that RC Gachie wants to assist.
The Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Our Leadership
Meet the dedicated individuals who guide our club.
Leadership team
Board member information will be displayed here.
The Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do:
- 1. Is it the Truth?
- 2. Is it Fair to all concerned?
- 3. Will it build Goodwill and better friendships?
- 4. Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?