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. [...]
A camera, a curious student traveling in a foreign country, and moving moments: the perfect material for a film In spring 2025, a group of Nyendo students from Rosenheim traveled to Kenya to visit our long-standing partner schools and projects [...]
On Friday, February 28, 2026, the student company Upendo Tamu from Rosenheim held a belated Valentine's Day muffin sale during the 10 o'clock break. The day before, all Upendo members had been busy baking muffins and decorating them with [...]
As in previous years, we, the student company Upendo Tamu from Rosenheim, were able to take part in the Nyendo network retreat. Students from grades 9, 10, and 11 joined along with our coaches. After arriving by ferry and [...]
From January 29 to February 1, 2026, we gathered at the monastery on Fraueninsel for the Nyendo retreat—and I sat in the middle of it all, moved and grateful: as the founder, initiator, and supporter of the Nyendo impulse, which [...]
Founding member of the student company in Prien, coach, mother Nyendo has been connecting continents since we started the first Nyendo student company at the Ismaning Waldorf School in 2004. These trips continue to this day. What began as a [...]
Mutual visits are among the highlights at Nyendo – both in Germany and Kenya. Everyone was looking forward to Walter Orlando's visit. Walter is the headmaster of Bethany Joy School, which has 850 children in the Kangemi slum (Nairobi). From [...]
At Oseki Retreat, something truly special is taking shape: our Adobe Dome House – an ecological building project that combines tradition, innovation, and art. Under the name Eko Building, we invite guests to join the process, work with natural materials, and draw inspiration [...]
Sometimes it takes an external nudge to grasp an idea more clearly. A project inquiry prompted us to rethink, sharpen, and articulate our heartfelt project – the Social Hub & Hostel in Kangemi, Nairobi. The idea has grown like [...]
In the heart of Kangemi, Nairobi, lies the Bethel Community Development Centre School. Founded in 2007 with only 20 children, the school now welcomes around 80 students. It is led by Immaculate Lumasayi Chimwani, whose tireless dedication gives children [...]
In July 2024, Nyendo.lernen welcomed Prosperity Junior into its network of partner schools in Kenya. The school was founded in 2019 by Mr. Patrick Murini and his older brother. Today, it serves 352 students across 12 classes, including a [...]
Making art can achieve a lot. In Art classes, children learn to develop their own ideas, express themselves and develop their social skills. This is why we at nyendo.lernen financed two months of art lessons for two groups of [...]
This year's sponsored run of the nyendo “Food for Food” school company took place at the end of March 2025 - and the weather was perfect for running! With over 110 motivated students from grades 1 to 12 and [...]
As part of their three-week trip to Kenya, the Nyendo students immersed themselves in the life and learning of their partner schools in Kangemi and Kawangware - a densely populated district of Nairobi with around 250,000 inhabitants, 65% of [...]
Thanks to a generous donation of €1,500 from the Rotary Club Melk, 250 children from partner schools in Nairobi were able to experience a very special day. As part of the educational project nyendo.lernen and the Kangemi Kids Days [...]
Our nyendo student companies have long been collecting money for a possible hub in the Kangemi slum - a place that could not only serve as accommodation for our students during visits, but would also be open to other [...]
The site where the dormitory is planned to be built. The development of the Prosperity School Boys Dormitory has been a journey of dedication and collaboration. Initially slated to start early last year under architect Miss Brenda Kavili [...]
The school company Upendo Tamu is run by the Freie Waldorfschule Rosenheim. Upendo Tamu is Swahili and means something like “sweet love”. The name is the program every Friday. Sweet break - a win-win for everyone On Fridays, the [...]
