July 2018: David
David (by now of legal age) has now decided to live his life independently. We think this to be somewhat premature but he wants to be on his own.
David finished secondary school end of last year and could have been starting an apprenticeship at a good hotel in Mombasa once the applied-for ID was ready to be collected.
His attained average in school was unfortunately not sufficient in order for him to take up post-secondary studies.
...read moreJune 2018: Faima
If possible in any way, the Kenyan youth welfare center strives to reintegrate children into their families. Faima has thus been living with her mother for w while now.
Her mother has remarried and her now stable financial circumstances even allow for her to pay the fees for Faima’s education.
Faima surely learned a lot in Nice View that will be of use to her in her later life.
...read moreMay 2018: Two-story building
Dear godparents, friends and sponsors,
We are happy to announce that thanks to the organization “A heart for children” (and others) the construction of the two-story building, including the solar plant, has been completed. This is going to significantly reduce the electricity expenses and power outages will thus hopefully be an issue of the past.
...read moreMay 2018: Kahindi
End of last year Kahindi finished secondary school and has been at a vocational training unit in Diani since January for an apprenticeship to become a painter.
...read moreMay 2018: Ibrahim and Ndolo
Dear godparents, friends and sponsors,
At the beginning of the year Ibrahim and Ndolo decided to begin a carpentry apprenticeship at a vocational training unit in Diani. This was a good decision as competent craftsmen are needed in Kenya.
...read moreApril 2018: Daniel
Dear godparents, friends and sponsors,
Unfortunately, we have to inform you that Daniel, who has always been ailing and anemic, has recently been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. This is a rife hereditary blood disorder that causes the red blood cells to deform which consequently clump together and congest small blood vessels.
...read moreMarch 2018: Happy Easter
Dear sponsors, friends and supporters,
As usual, the Easter holidays are approaching fast. We can hardly believe that after ice and snow and then a few warm days, we have snowflakes and freezing temperatures again.
...read moreMarch 2018: Car Repairs
Due to the climate and the bad condition of the roads the cars for the Nice View projects have to be repaired almost constantly.
The repairs are then done immediately on-site (e.g. at the Children’s Village) or at the Nice View repair shop, where customer service is also regularly delivered.
The staff have been well-trained by Edi Dürr and the cars thus rarely need to be repaired outside of Nice View resulting in considerable cost savings.
Your team of Projekt Schwarz-Weiß
...read moreMarch 2018: House made from bottles
Already a while back Gudrun Dürr became aware of using plastic bottles to build houses (earthquake and bullet proof as well as thermo-insulating). Since there are plenty of plastic bottles in Kenya (which are then filled with sand) and the issue of housing the day-askari (security personnel at the gate) was not yet solved, the staff (maintenance and cabinetmaking) took up her idea and realized it under the competent guidance of Mr. Thomas Müller. Julius, the day-askari, had often stood at the gate in pouring rain or scoring heat and is now very happy about his new little house.
...read moreFebruary 2018: Au-pair Report Mwanasha
My name is Mwanasha. I am in Germany since 05 April 2017 and worked for 1 year as au-pair in a Family by the name Schaller. The Family was friendly to me, that means i had a lot of fun and i got to learn and experience many new things from them.
I took care of two children, Jennifer who is 11 years old living with Downsyndrome und Katja 9 years old.
My duties were as follows:
