Helping hand from Limerick's Clean Ireland Recycling to Irish charity

MID-WEST firm, Clean Ireland Recycling, is backing Irish charity Project ESPWA in building a new disability centre in Bamba, Kenya.

The facility, which is set to open in early 2026, will cater to hundreds of children and adults with disabilities.

Clean Ireland Recycling, which operates throughout Limerick City and County, is providing building materials that are scarce locally, including timber, door locks, hinges, electrical sockets and switches.

The shipment bound for Kenya recently left Cork Port with all these needed building materials.

The new disability centre has already begun taking shape through multiple volunteer missions from Ireland.

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Managing Director of Clean Ireland Recycling, Brian Lyons, said the project is “very much driven by personal connections,” as he has a son with disabilities. His inspiration is also from long-time ESPWA volunteer Pat Barry and board member Dan Ducey.

Brian is planning to travel to Bamba with volunteers in February 2026 to help complete the disability centre.

Each year, skilled Irish volunteers travel to Kenya to build schools, deliver clean water and support the local communities.

“We have been inspired with stories of their work, from building a school in Shirango, Kenya, to the emotional moment locals saw clean water flow from a new borehole for the first time,” he added.

Brian said, “the partnership highlights how local businesses can make a tangible difference overseas, providing not just materials but hope and opportunity to some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities.”

Project ESPWA, who Clean Ireland are working with, was founded in 2011 with the mission to alleviate the suffering of crisis-affected communities around the world.

They deliver on this mission through the sourcing, shipping and distribution of humanitarian aid. ESPWA is the creole word for “hope”, a nod to the charity’s origins from working with the people of Haiti.

Their activities have expanded significantly over time to include humanitarian aid to crisis-hit communities in the Ukraine, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Turkey and Syria, as well as a response to the 2023 wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Clean Ireland Recycling has been providing waste management services across Clare, Limerick and Tipperary for more than 35 years.

The company has a record of supporting charitable projects both in Ireland and abroad, combining professional expertise with social and environmental responsibility.