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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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]