RCE Greater Nairobi being a flagship project for Eco-School programme was launched on the 9th of July 2007 at Kamukunji grounds in Kibera Slums. The programme was hosted by the Kenya Organization of Environmental Education (KOEE).RCEGN is a leading civil society organization network working energetically on ESD, and acts as a platform for pooling resources and expertise to facilitate interventions that respond to local problems, needs and sustainable development challenges and explore alternative methods of delivery of education. it has brought about the need to address the challenges faced by the residents in the slum, the launch was well attended by various prominent people and stakeholders including the then PS ministry of Environment and natural resources Prof. James Ole Kiyapi, Dr. Susan Nkinyangi Senior Education Advisor( UNESCO), Mr. Yoshihiro Natori United Nations University (UNU), Dr.Muusya Mwinzi Director General( NEMA), Dr. Dorcas Otieno Executive Director (KOEE), Dr. Akpezi Ogbuigwe of UN-HABITAT and Mr. David Mutekanga (UNU) among others.