Strengthening a fence at the Kangemi Youth Center
The property of the Kangemi Youth Center is located on one side of a river and was only protected by a weak fence or not at all. The school garden is also located in this [...]
Skylife Children Center: Renovation Works
The Louise von Rothschild School Frankfurt am Main had transferred proceeds from its student company to the Skylife Children Center in 2019 and 2020, but these could not be used immediately due to the coronavirus lockdown, meaning that around [...]
The Amapiano Dance Project
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 [...]
A Nyendo Hub in Kangemi Slum
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 [...]
New and stronger fence for Kangemi Youth Centre
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
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. [...]
16,000-liter water tank for Love School junior
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 [...]
Drinking water for the students of the Kanyorosha Self Help School
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 [...]
Fire and Vandalism at Love School senior
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 [...]
Movement of Life
How we should fight hunger and food dependency in the world The fact that many people in developing countries suffer from hunger is nothing new. The pandemic has exacerbated this situation. The Movement of Life [...]
After the lockdown – First impressions from Kangemi in January 2021
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 [...]
Building a Covered Sewage
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 [...]
Electricity for Evemon Education Centre
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 [...]
Change means: from petitioner to entrepreneur!
Change means: From petitioner to entrepreneur! Interim report from Nairobi, August 2020 Dear Nyendo Community, the tsunami of global change hit us hard with the lockdown in mid-March and "washed me and my daughter and grandchild" to [...]
Solar Learning and Design Thinking in Nairobi
Solar Learning and Design Thinking in Nairobi We at solar learning e.V. are happy to develop a product around solar energy for the people in Nairobi together with "Nyendo globales Lernen". Since April 2020 we have been meeting [...]
Nyendo-Report Nairobi – September 2020
Nyendo-Report Nairobi - September 2020 Covid-19 pandemic – consequences for most schools As the world is now adapting to new changes brought up by the covid-19 pandemic, most developing countries are struggling to keep pace with these [...]
From caterpillar to butterfly
From caterpillar to butterfly Inuka Sasa 2.0 – sustainable change for our partner schools in Kenya Once set in motion, change can no longer be stopped In nature, change is something that happens all by itself: A [...]
December 2019 – January 2020: Project visit Kenya
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 [...]