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On the picture: Irmgard W. and Peter Halloway in Sekem 1 December 2019 - January 2020: Project visit Kenya “It always seems impossible until it’s done” Nelson Mandela Dear friends, On the outbound flight with a [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Report from the Nyendo Team Day on 7.12.2019 Our Team Day 2019 began with a round of introductions to the team, which has fortunately grown considerably in the meantime, and a comparison of expectations. To experience so many [...]

Green oasis in the slum - the school garden of the Five Star School The example of the school garden at the Five Star School shows how well the schools in the slum understand how to integrate important [...]

The valuable work of the student companies December is Christmas month. This can also be noticed in our student companies. In Rosenheim, Prien, Chemnitz and also Ybbs, Advent markets were prepared. Those are a good opportunity for [...]

Travelogue from Kenya 2019, Mia McCain Every year school groups from Germany visit their partner schools in Nairobi. In 2019 the visit took place during the Easter holidays and, as in previous years, generated great enthusiasm on both [...]

Nyendo work at the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt Thanks to the visit of Dr. Alexander Piecha in our small Nyendo group and in the Pedagogical Conference, new impulses could be set in our Nyendo work. We took up [...]

Bazar in Evinghausen – Success for Jamii Even though we did not manage to get enough attractive prizes for a big raffle in time this year, our stand at the bazaar at our school was again a [...]

nyendo in Vienna at the Entrepreneurship-Summit 2019 This gathering is the culmination of the Entrepreneurship Week, which is now taking place simultaneously in 116 countries around the world, with the aim of serving as an encouragement tank [...]

Global responsibility through social entrepreneurship Rise now & connect - with this motto a conference on social entrepreneurship will take place in Nairobi from 13-17 April 2020. The worldwide network Social Initiative Forum (SIF) has accepted the invitation [...]

Our new institute director introduces himself Dr. Alexander Piecha My name is Dr. Alexander Piecha and as the new head of the institute I am the contact person for the Nyendo schools, the coaches and the student [...]

nyendos for future? In Evinghausen, the weekly meeting of our student company Jamii unfortunately always competes with the school strikes of Fridays For Future - a circumstance that I very much regret. As a school in the countryside [...]

Community based Initiatives for Education, Finance and Agriculture (CIFEFA) 2019 Thanks to donations, especially from our nyendo-studentcompanies, and the dedicated commitment of many people, we were able to accomplish a lot of great things for the schools and [...]

Construction of Appartements for Teachers of the Kangemi Youth School Our project in construction of appartements for teachers at the Kangemi Youth School in the slum of Nairobi has made a huge step in the [...]

Upcoming Projects of our Partner Schools In accord with our core group our partner schools asked for support regarding the following projects: Teachers' salaries Some of the 164 teachers in our 13 partner schools in Nairobi [...]

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 [...]