Jörg Meyer zu Strohe, co-founder and co-owner of PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH, visited our partner schools in Nairobi in 2018 as part of a travel group and was touched and inspired by our work. Even then, we were rewarded with a generous donation from PlanET at Christmas. At the [...]
For his master's thesis as an architecture student, Oliver van Malm developed a hollow building block (TwistBlock) that can be assembled Lego-like into buildings with comfortable room temperatures and, if necessary, disassembled again. It is affordable and easy to manufacture, and round walls cause [...]
Jerusa Muthoni, aka Maggie, has been working in the Nyendo-Office in Nairobi since June 2023. She became aware of nyendo through her daily interactions with Irmgard as her personal fitness trainer. One day, Irmgard requested Maggie to do outside catering at her Oseki farm, and this is where Maggie [...]
The idea of organizing something completely different from school for the children in the informal settlements of Nairobi, namely a dance course, was born during a visit by our Nyendo-Family-Members to Kenya in autumn 2022. We contacted THE DANCE FACTORY KENYA and succeeded in [...]
The Freie Waldorfschule Rosenheim once again held a big summer party with the school community in July! The student company Upendo Tamu had a big stand where waffles were baked, coffee was served, homemade elderberry lemonade and handicrafts from Kenya were sold. The students of the student company brought [...]
Years ago I let my imagination run wild and drew a meeting center like I could imagine on the property of our partner school KYS: an open meeting room that leads into the courtyard/garden with a kitchen in the back, group [...]
An exciting cultural exchange between NairoBits and Nyendo students took place in April 2023. The visit was an opportunity for the students to interact, learn from each other's cultures, and explore the impact of digital skills training on empowering young people. Engaging activities, delicious Kenyan cuisine, and a celebration of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
