KANGEMI KIDS DAYS – A Break from the Slum
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 [...]
Art Classes at Partner Schools
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 [...]
Donation Appeal
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. [...]
Eko Building @ Oseki Retreat – The Adobe Dome Experience
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 [...]
A Social Hub & Hostel for nyendo: Our vision is becoming reality
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 [...]
Bethel Community Development Center: Bringing Hope to Kangemi
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 [...]
Prosperity Junior Center: A new dormitory for the boys
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 [...]
Prosperity School: Making children strong through art lessons
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 [...]
Nyendo on site – German pupils visit their friends in Kangemi
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 [...]
Perspectives for a nyendo hub in Kangemi
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 [...]
A new boys’ dormitory for the Prosperity School in Kenya
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 [...]
A Day Beyond the Slum – A Glimpse into Another World
This experience changes lives. For just $200, we can give another 30 children the chance to see, to feel, and to dream beyond the slum. and kindly their own potential. Will you help us make it happen? [...]
New classrooms for Bethel Community Center
Another project was realized at the Bethel Community Center with donations from the student companies in Prien and Rosenheim. Immaculate Lumasayi Chimwani is the founder and principal of this school. She looks after around 76 pupils over there. Immaculate: [...]
Rainwater collection system for the Kanyorosha Self Help School
Climate change is affecting Kenya too. The rainy seasons are no longer as regular as they used to be and when it does rain, it is often particularly heavy. There are usually long periods of drought in between. As [...]
Launch an IT class at the Kangemi Youth Center
It all began in 2019 when Irmgard Wutte met Magdalena Wanjugu, the director of the NairoBits Trust. NairoBits is a non-profit organization active in Nairobi since 1999 that teaches ambitious young people from underprivileged backgrounds IT, promotes their entrepreneurial [...]
Happy Hour Education Center – Property boundary and entrance gate
The school grounds were inadequately secured with simple corrugated iron sheets. Two alternatives were up for discussion. A real wall made of twist blocks (approx. €2,300) or elements made of sturdy metal (approx. €520). Together with the student companies, [...]
Evemon Education Center – A new kitchen and renovation of the classrooms
The school kitchen at the Evemon Education Center previously consisted of a small, low room. The food for the pupils and teachers was prepared with firewood on three stones on the floor. Before [...]
A new office building for the Sweet Angels Self Help School
The Sweet Angels Self Help still had funds of around € 1,700 from donations made by the Waldorf School in Frankfurt am Main in 2019, which could not be used due to the coronavirus lockdown. In fall 2023, our [...]