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Our achievements
Commitment
with impact
Learning entrepreneurship and thereby tackling the root causes of migration: our USP, our strength.
2004–2025
Our latest figures back this up
- Over 200 young people became entrepreneurially active at 12 schools with 10 business models and many campaigns
- 210.700 € were generated and donated by the young people (as of December 2025)
- 10,000 families at 19 community schools in the slums of Nairobi were supported directly – and, indirectly, all future year groups as well
- Our projects give hope, promote self-efficacy and stabilise economic structures
- Seven interactive art and encounter projects were carried out in the slum
- Thirteen groups of our 17/18-year-old Nyendo students have lived with host families in the slum and felt at home.
- Six times friends from the slum have been our guests in Germany
We have also
- bought a plot of land for a school in the slum
- covered the costs of meals, rent and salaries
- created four school gardens
- installed toilets and school furniture
- laid water and sewage pipes at 2 partner schools
- set up a carpentry workshop (makerspace)
With our continuous local and global networking, we have been able to make an important contribution against ghettoisation and stigmatisation.
210.700 €
generated and donated by young people (as of December 2025)
10.000
families at 19 community schools supported directly
12
schools where more than 200 young people became entrepreneurially active
13
groups of Nyendo students lived with host families in the slum
Awards and nominations
We are delighted that our work has been recognised
2018
Hidden Movers Award 2018
With the Hidden Movers Award, the Deloitte Foundation honours innovative educational initiatives and ideas that are still little known. The focus is on empowering young people in Germany.
Among the 118 applications received, the winners included “nyendo.lernen: Social-Entrepreneurship-Education@School”. In addition to prize money totalling 75,000 euros, all winners received pro bono advice from Deloitte staff and coaching from the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie.
2018
Sparda Bank Values Ambassador 2018
Through a vote in Sparda Bank Munich’s “Values Ambassador” donation competition, nyendo.lernen hand in hand UG succeeded in being accepted into its funding programme. Around 5,500 users took part in the online vote.