The Cosmos Centre in Dormaa is a therapeutic education facility for children and young people with severe disabilities. At present, 24 children live and learn here in a loving environment and receive three healthy meals a day, which are prepared by the Mmas living at the centre and a cook. The team,…

Just under 8,000 people live on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The 163 square kilometre island belongs geographically to Oceania, but politically to Chile, which is around 4,000 kilometres away as the crow flies - the education system is, therefore, Chilean. The island's first Waldorf school was…

Mariëtta Vasen and Michael Fichtner from the Netherlands both work in special education and behavioural therapy. They try to structure their lives in such a way that they can volunteer for several months each year in projects worldwide. At the beginning of this year, they travelled to Kenya and…

In Iran, more and more people are interested in alternative educational approaches, and Waldorf education is attracting a great deal of interest. However, the schools usually have to be fully financed by the parents. This is a financial burden for many families. Arefeh Rezvanmanesh from the ‘Garden…

In October 2023, thanks to the financial support of the Friends of Waldorf Education, the Waldorf initiative Sol Naciente in San Esteban was able to purchase the long-awaited neighbouring plot of land to the primary school. There is a building on the site that was in urgent need of renovation for…

The Rudolf Steiner School Mbagathi is located south of Nairobi. The 430 pupils and kindergarten children enjoy going to school every day. One of the school's main tasks is to offer children from disadvantaged families a positive perspective for life. We rely on support in the form of partnerships,…

A special situation has arisen in the Armenian education system. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport is opening up to new ideas and forms of school education. Minister Zhanna Andreasyan regularly meets in person with representatives of the Association of Private Schools and is open…

In recent years, numerous crises have dominated the news, fueling uncertainty and concern. Among them, the war in Ukraine holds a particularly significant place. It is the first major military conflict in Europe since 1945, unfolding practically on our doorstep and posing a serious threat to the…

In the West Bank, students repeatedly experience attacks on their schools by radical Israeli settlers or sudden military presence within their school premises. On their way to school, they are often stopped at checkpoints and sometimes unable to pass through. In September 2024, a team specializing…

Ein Bustan is a Jewish-Arab non-profit organisation near Kiryat Tivon that works in the field of bilingual and multicultural education based on Waldorf education. With this approach, the project was the first of its kind in Israel and still offers the only multicultural kindergarten in the north of…