Gratitude My name is Atieno, I am the project coordinator and office manager of Nyendo.Lernen in Kenya. In February 2022, I had the opportunity to visit Germany as part of my Nyendo work. I have visited all Nyendo schools in Germany (Prien, Evenghausen, Chemnitz and Rosenheim). I [...]
Profile Veronica Nduku Veronica is the owner of Love School, which consists of Love School Senior in Kangemi and Love School Junior in Mlolongo. She founded the school in Kangemi in 2003 and opened the school in Mlolongo in 2020 in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic. Veronica grew [...]
TEAlicious - Closed conference 2022 This year's Nyendo Retreat from February 10-12, 2022 was joined by all TEAlicious staff. Especially for Susan and Jessica it was very interesting this year, as it was the first retreat for them and they got a lot of new [...]
NairoBits@KYC: First course On 15th of November, the NairoBits ICT program at the Kangemi Youth School did start. 7 students were taken in altogether. On day 1, the serial numbers for the laptops were documented and one computer was assigned to each of the students. Some of them [...]
Successful social entrepreneurs Even though the young people in our student companies lack personal encounters, being active with one another, visits from Kenya and project travelers who report from there due to the pandemic, they do not give up: They continue to contribute, earn money and thus enable [...]
Youth Entrepreneurship Week at the HAK Ybbs From November 16 - 19, 2021, the Youth Entrepreneurship Week (YEW) took place at the Handelsakademie (HAK) Ybbs. The YEW offers space for innovation, for the development of solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals and for digital ideas. [...]
FreeDay: Market of opportunities On October 8, our institute director Dr. Alexander Piecha was able to present nyendo to a number of teachers at the "Market of Opportunities" of Schule im Aufbruch - a virtual exhibition on the Plattform Gather - with the aim of [...]
Atieno Beryl Jimbo Office & Projectmanager nyendo Kenya Atieno Beril Jimbo has been working in the Nyendo office in Nairobi since August 2021. She became aware of nyendo through Irmgard Wutte and was immediately enthusiastic about our idea and working for nyendo. Her main tasks [...]
In the end of September 2021, NairoBits staff met in the ICT training room at Kangemi Youth School to discuss the details of the setup and cabling. On 5th of October 2021 the work is already in full swing (picture on the left) and 10 days later the room [...]
Martin Gathu – Life's journey and profile Martin Gathu is working as a training coordinator at NairoBits Trust. For him, training is not just a job, but a vocation. He has taught more than 500 youth at NairoBits who are now working in various organisations, [...]
Funds from the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) provided by the Schmitz Foundations. In December 2020 and April 2021 we already reported about our cooperation with NairoBits. Now we have reached a milestone in funding the equipment for the ICT classroom at [...]
How we should fight hunger and food dependency in the world The fact that many people in developing countries suffer from hunger is nothing new. The pandemic has exacerbated this situation. The Movement of Life project wants to take a different path than large international [...]
How we experienced the lockdown A summary of interviews with teachers from our partner schools in Nairobi about the impact of the Corona-Pandemic What were the biggest challenges for you as a teacher during the Corona crisis? Emmah Ito: To get [...]
The situation at our partner schools It is with great relief that the Kenyan President ended the current and second lockdown as planned on 10 May. The situation has put a lot of strain on the people and the education system in Kenya, with many [...]
The nyendo family is very proud that the NairoBits project is making such great progress. With the inclusion of nyendo in the Schmitz Foundation and the expected financial resources, it is now possible to move the project forward well and with NairoBits we also have a professional contact person [...]
The nyendo annual celebration 2021 On 29/01/2021 we had an online annual celebration on Discord and Zoom instead of a closed meeting at Chiemsee because of Corona. At the beginning there were a few introductory words from Irmgard. Afterwards, the student companies discussed with a [...]
After the lockdown - First impressions from Kangemi in January 2021 New to the Nyendo Team Nairobi is our staff member Ndanu Brown. She is re-establishing our office at Kangemi Youth School (KYS) and will be on site for one day each week. On 19 [...]
A reflection of 2020 from the perspective of the Nyendo Institute Like probably many reviews of 2020, the one of the Nyendo Institute is a mixed one. Our year started with a great retreat on the Fraueninsel at Lake Chiemsee. Many personal encounters, many guests with interesting inputs [...]
