In late 2025, Steve and Bridget Bree closed a two-year experiment in the middle of Brussels: a pop-up gallery at 28 Grand Place they'd opened on the strength of a six-month lease and not much else. What started as a filthy, empty shopfront became a place where tourists, the lonely, and the simply curious wandered in for coffee, art, and conversation with no agenda attached — and where, volunteering one afternoon a week, I first started thinking differently about what Msaada Kidogo might become. Steve and I talk about the difference between running something and controlling it — the phrase Steve borrows to describe it is "lightly, not loosely" — and what it costs to hold a project firmly enough that it doesn't fall apart, and loosely enough that it's allowed to.

Catch up with the latest news on Msaada Kidogo with this short ramble on everything that has happened in the last few weeks along the road.

Come and meet my friend Maryann, an entrepreneur, optimist ... and a single mum of 5 kids! If you have ever wondered what life is like for those on the breadline in a city like Nairobi, with no welfare benefits and no safety net for the poor and needy, then listen to Maryann's story. It will humble you.

A must-listen episode. I talk to my good friend and musical collaborator Isaac about his own journey on the Road to Nairobi. Make sure you stay to the end to hear the best bit!

This week in my short reflection I give you an update on Msaada Kidogo's progress along the road to Nairobi, and in particular how the search for a home for MK (and us!) is going

This week I talk to my good friend Hesbon, the musical director of Renewal Church in Nairobi. He tells me how it took him some time to realise that his extraordinary ear for music wasn't something that everyone was blessed with!

If you are into music, you just have to listen to Hesbon's story.

What if purpose isn’t something you discover by looking inward, but by asking a much simpler question:

“How can I make myself useful?”

In this personal reflection, I explore why that question has become the driving force behind Msaada Kidogo and why I believe a life of usefulness is ultimately more fulfilling than one focused solely on success.

Along the way I reflect on altruism, identity, retirement, and why our greatest contribution often begins with the ordinary gifts we already possess.

If you’ve ever wondered what gives life lasting purpose—or what comes after the roles and titles that once defined you—I hope this episode will encourage you.

I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Purpose • Identity • Altruism • Nairobi • Christian Living

Waizeh Solonka is a Nairobi lawyer who walks into Kenya's remand prison and finds people who don't belong there. Not because they are innocent — though some are — but because they cannot afford bail. When I was last in Kenya, I spent time volunteering alongside her in the early days of AJAR, when it was just three people with a desire to see injustice addressed. This is a conversation about justice, faith, and what it actually costs to stand in the gap for someone the system has forgotten.