Some walls have to fall, others have to be built. The Academy’s school grounds, which cover around 900 square metres, were until recently only makeshift fenced in with sheet metal panels. Apart from marking a visual boundary, they offered [...]
In 2025, the Kenyan Ministry of Education issued new regulations. Thirty-five boys aged ten to twelve were at risk of no longer being allowed to attend school. Sleeping facilities had to be provided for the boys – those were the [...]
by Hélène Fleury The Waldorf School Rosenheim holds a summer festival every year. For our student company Upendo Tamu, this was once again a great opportunity to take part with stands and activities. For our visitors, there was [...]
The roof repairs at the Bethel Community Development Center and the Bethany Joy School cost just €210 and €150 respectively. When rain drips from above, children cannot be taught undisturbed. But roofs can be repaired. After we confirmed the [...]
The Kangemi Kids Days offer children a break from their often very difficult daily lives in the slum. The response to our first Kangemi Kids Day in December 2024 was very positive from both teachers and students. We therefore decided [...]
The Kibera Art District (KAD) is a local artist initiative from Kibera in Nairobi that is known far beyond the boundaries of the neighborhood. As a valuable addition to regular lessons, Nyendo was able to recruit artists from the [...]
A Protective Wall for a School At our partner school, the St. Christopher Fisher Academy in Mlolongo/Senteu, just outside Nairobi, our headmistress Veronica Nduku has been working for many years to enable as many children as possible to learn. [...]
A camera, a curious student traveling in a foreign country, and moving moments: the perfect material for a film In spring 2025, a group of Nyendo students from Rosenheim traveled to Kenya to visit our long-standing partner schools and projects [...]
Our student companies in Prien and Rosenheim were once again hard at work in the first half of the year. Business instead of chilling The young people sacrifice their free time for this, as the student company meetings naturally [...]
A new perspective on education, living conditions, and global inequalities My name is Simon Unkauf, and I was a member of the student company "Upendo Tamu" for several years. Since 2022, I have been actively involved in [...]
Members of the student company share their impressions from Nairobi Hi, we're Hélène, Paula, Laura, Bernadette, and Bella from the student company Upendo Tamu at the Waldorf School Rosenheim. In May 2026, we spent three weeks in [...]
On Friday, February 28, 2026, the student company Upendo Tamu from Rosenheim held a belated Valentine's Day muffin sale during the 10 o'clock break. The day before, all Upendo members had been busy baking muffins and decorating them with [...]
As in previous years, we, the student company Upendo Tamu from Rosenheim, were able to take part in the Nyendo network retreat. Students from grades 9, 10, and 11 joined along with our coaches. After arriving by ferry and [...]
From January 29 to February 1, 2026, we gathered at the monastery on Fraueninsel for the Nyendo retreat—and I sat in the middle of it all, moved and grateful: as the founder, initiator, and supporter of the Nyendo impulse, which [...]
Founding member of the student company in Prien, coach, mother Nyendo has been connecting continents since we started the first Nyendo student company at the Ismaning Waldorf School in 2004. These trips continue to this day. What began as a [...]
Mutual visits are among the highlights at Nyendo – both in Germany and Kenya. Everyone was looking forward to Walter Orlando's visit. Walter is the headmaster of Bethany Joy School, which has 850 children in the Kangemi slum (Nairobi). From [...]
Old fence at the back oft he school building The school building of the Kangemi Youth Center was only inadequately secured at the back by a low and already very dilapidated fence. Unauthorized persons gained access, disrupted lessons, [...]
A copy store at Evemon School Ramsey at work on new EPSON printer At Evemon School, in the summer of 2022, it was recognized that there was not enough supply of printing services in the local market. [...]
