Another project was realized at the Bethel Community Center with donations from the student companies in Prien and Rosenheim. Immaculate Lumasayi Chimwani is the founder and principal of this school. She looks after around 76 pupils over there. Immaculate: [...]
On October 12, 2024, we, the student company Upendo Tamu, mastered our first big event of the year - the coffee and jewelry sale at the flea market. We served espresso, cappuccino and black coffee to the guests at [...]
This year's Entrepreneurship Summit took place in Vienna with the motto “Innovation and Transformation” - an inspiring platform that focused on the question of how sustainable and future-oriented changes in business and education can be designed. Roberta Sterbling [...]
On December 7, six head teachers from our Nyendo partner schools joined us at the Oseki Retreat. In addition to a review, we ate, sang and played together with our guests from Germany and England. Below we let the [...]
On 3rd December 2024, 30 kids from our nyendo Partnerschools in Kangemi Slum had an exciting day out of town and away from their everyday life. Jerusa, our nyendo project coordinator, walked them over to Kitengela Glass and back [...]
Since 2011, around 1000 young girls have been saved here from early marriage and genital mutilation. All of them have graduated from school and many of them have been able to reintegrate into their families. An enormous change in [...]
Elias from Rosenheim about the business coaching of his student company on October 8, 2024 Our student company Upendo Tamu recently had the opportunity to participate in a business coaching session. The coaching took place at the Waldorf [...]
Climate change is affecting Kenya too. The rainy seasons are no longer as regular as they used to be and when it does rain, it is often particularly heavy. There are usually long periods of drought in between. As [...]
It all began in 2019 when Irmgard Wutte met Magdalena Wanjugu, the director of the NairoBits Trust. NairoBits is a non-profit organization active in Nairobi since 1999 that teaches ambitious young people from underprivileged backgrounds IT, promotes their entrepreneurial [...]
Since April, we’ve had a dynamic duo in our marketing team: Marina from Munich and Roberta, the former managing director of the student company Tealicious from Austria. These two power women meet monthly and work together with one goal: [...]
Irmgard Wutte, Sebastian Portenlänger, Brigitte Lindenhofer Nyendo.lernen offers a comprehensive educational program that promotes both social commitment and entrepreneurial thinking and practice. In the coming school year, we would like to offer our nyendo schools a new workshop [...]
Graduation as a life's dream Our new partner school, the Prosperity Junior Center, is a very special institution. Founded in 2016, it currently offers schooling to 352 orphans and children from difficult backgrounds in Kangemi and the surrounding [...]
Our founder Irmgard met Mr. Simiyu for the first time in 2005 - during a business trip. She was the first white person to visit the unofficial settlement of Kangemi with him. Even then, he opened many doors for [...]
My first time in Africa, my first time in Kenya. I began my trip to the Oseki Retreat with great excitement. My intention was not only to get to know Africa, but also our partner schools in the slums [...]
In April, guests came to nyendo in Kenya. Four visitors from Europe and even India stayed with us, accompanied by two German filmmakers, to thank for some great pictures. The tour took [...]
The school grounds were inadequately secured with simple corrugated iron sheets. Two alternatives were up for discussion. A real wall made of twist blocks (approx. €2,300) or elements made of sturdy metal (approx. €520). Together with the student companies, [...]
The school kitchen at the Evemon Education Center previously consisted of a small, low room. The food for the pupils and teachers was prepared with firewood on three stones on the floor. Before [...]
Since November, our team in Nairobi has been strengthened by our new colleague Brenda Kavili. Brenda is a great support for Maggie and our nyendo office in Nairobi. What’s more: as an architect, she is able to give our [...]
