• 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 [...]

    Published On: 8. August 2019
  • The challenge Since 2005, students at Sweet Angels Self Help School have been learning on the natural clay floor located on a muddy foundation. Such floors are very moist, and water cannot quickly soak away. Therefore, they are usually soft, [...]

    Published On: 1. July 2019
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: 1. April 2019
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: 1. September 2018
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: 1. May 2018
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: 1. January 2018
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: 1. March 2017
  • 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. [...]

    Published On: 1. September 2016