Sweet Angels Selfhelp School building a bridge
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 [...]
A cabinet maker in the Slum
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 [...]
25 new school desks for the Love School
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 [...]
Drinking water for the students of the Love School
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 [...]
Theater Project: Journey in the Matatu
Theater connects and inspires. It moves with emotional stories and brings people together. The best reason for Nyendo to start a collaborative theater project in the slums of Nairobi. Fascinated by the idea, Lisbeth Wutte (theater pedagogue, Munich) and [...]
Upcycling Engolden Africa
The Problem One of our network schools, the Love School senior, founded by Veronicah Nduku in 2003 and is still managed today, constantly faced the problem of not being able to finance the monthly lease fees for the school property. [...]