In 2025, the Kenyan Ministry of Education issued new regulations. Thirty-five boys aged ten to twelve were at risk of no longer being allowed to attend school. Sleeping facilities had to be provided for the boys – those were the [...]
The roof repairs at the Bethel Community Development Center and the Bethany Joy School cost just €210 and €150 respectively. When rain drips from above, children cannot be taught undisturbed. But roofs can be repaired. After we confirmed the [...]
The Kangemi Kids Days offer children a break from their often very difficult daily lives in the slum. The response to our first Kangemi Kids Day in December 2024 was very positive from both teachers and students. We therefore decided [...]
The Kibera Art District (KAD) is a local artist initiative from Kibera in Nairobi that is known far beyond the boundaries of the neighborhood. As a valuable addition to regular lessons, Nyendo was able to recruit artists from the [...]
A Protective Wall for a School At our partner school, the St. Christopher Fisher Academy in Mlolongo/Senteu, just outside Nairobi, our headmistress Veronica Nduku has been working for many years to enable as many children as possible to learn. [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The installation of a larger water tank with a capacity of 10,000 liters in November 2021 could help. On the part of NYENDO this project was supported with 740,00 €. Now even drinking water can be sold to the [...]
The night of fire The Love School senior in the Kawangware slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of nyendo's oldest partner schools. It was founded in 2003 by Veronicah Nduku to help children infected with HIV. In October [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Challenge Skyllife School is located in Kawangware-Slum, which is the 2nd biggest slum in Kenya. Due to poor drainage-and sewer system in the slum and high population rate, most of the sewage is just disposed openly and anyhow. This [...]
The school's principal, Evelnye Omuse, writes: "The installation of electricity at our school has brought great benefits to both teachers and students: In the lighted classrooms, learners can now read what is written on the board without difficulty and [...]
