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, broke windows and stole school-owned items. In addition, the NairoBits [...]
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. Due to the introduction of the new CBC curriculum in [...]
In the summer of 2022, Veronicah Nduku, the director of the two Love Schools, asked us to install a water tank at the Love School junior. In this school - as in almost all schools in the slum - there is no water connection. The necessary water for [...]
The installation of a larger water tank with a capacity of 10,000 liters in November 2021 could help. On the part of NYENDO this project was supported with 740,00 €. Now even drinking water can be sold to the people in the neighborhood to generate a small income for [...]
The night of fire The Love School senior in the Kawangware slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of nyendo's oldest partner schools. It was founded in 2003 by Veronicah Nduku to help children infected with HIV. In October 2021, a fire broke out in the neighborhood of the [...]
The Challenge Skyllife School is located in Kawangware-Slum, which is the 2nd biggest slum in Kenya. Due to poor drainage-and sewer system in the slum and high population rate, most of the sewage is just disposed openly and anyhow. This leads to high water borne disease cases in the slum [...]
The school's principal, Evelnye Omuse, writes: "The installation of electricity at our school has brought great benefits to both teachers and students: In the lighted classrooms, learners can now read what is written on the board without difficulty and put things on paper themselves. Also, electrical devices such as [...]
What problem did we face? Around 160 teachers work in our 12 network schools in the unplanned settlements of Nairobi. The monthly salary of a teacher in Kenya ranges from €40 (young teacher) to €60 (headmaster). For the vacation months of April, August, November, and December they are not paid [...]
Due to the fact that the office space provided by Simiyu was not renovated and furnished, Tonny was most of the time "on the road" at the schools or in the community. His work could be much more effective, so it was decided to renovate the office space of [...]
Start of the project Thanks to the nyendo student company Prien, Tonny Karori from the Nyendo Office Nairobi and my companion received 400.-€ in May this year to start a pilot project. Our project is about portable containers of any kind, which can be used as plant towers or garden [...]
A clean and healthy learning environment is an important aspect in allowing students to focus their full attention on their lessons. Many factors play a role here, not least the condition of the sanitary facilities. At the Bethel Community Development Center, one of our partner schools in the Kangemi and [...]
Drinking water supply – a fundamental problem in the slums Only 59% of all Kenyans have access to clean water. The situation is particularly striking in the slums and in our slum schools. Getting fresh drinking water is often a time-consuming task, carrying it hundreds of meters or buying it [...]
During the Easter vacations 2019 the wooden bridge of the Sweet Angels School disappeared. It was supposed to provide a safe way to school for the children in that area, but overnight it was stolen and probably used for firewood. The school was scheduled to reopen in a [...]
The challenge The idea for the "Makerspace Woodwork" was born in July 2018, where many principals complained about broken or missing school desks. Talking to the headmasters, it became evident that it made little sense to "supply" schools with school desks. These last about three years and need to [...]
The wood for the tables is delivered Many things are needed to make good teaching possible - even before the actual pedagogical issues, furniture is needed: At the self-help schools in the slums of Nairobi, students crowd into wooden school desks, consisting of a board for sitting and [...]
Many things are necessary to make good teaching possible - some are so self-evident for us that we can hardly imagine that they could be a problem, for example the supply of the students and teachers with drinking water. At the self-help schools in the slums of Nairobi, fresh and [...]
Theater connects and inspires. It moves with emotional stories and brings people together. The best reason for Nyendo to start a collaborative theater project in the slums of Nairobi. Fascinated by the idea, Lisbeth Wutte (theater pedagogue, Munich) and Simeon Johannes Wutte (actor, Leipzig) created a small, colorful school [...]
The Problem One of our network schools, the Love School senior, founded by Veronicah Nduku in 2003 and is still managed today, constantly faced the problem of not being able to finance the monthly lease fees for the school property. The best solution for the approximately 400 students and 20 [...]
