Andreas Pelzer is a teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School in Dahlem, Berlin. Since 2006, he has made regular visits to the Green Earth Roshni School in Lahore, Pakistan, which he has known and advised since its beginnings. In a series of training courses, he teaches the teachers about Waldorf…

Waldorf education has developed steadily in Romania since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the result that Waldorf schools and kindergartens are now established in many places. The Ministry of Education has officially recognised Waldorf education as an alternative form of education.…

Waldorf schools in Great Britain have undergone an impressive development in recent years. A crisis which led to the closure of some schools also forced an urgent process of reflection and renewal. This has contributed significantly to Waldorf schools being better equipped to remain relevant in a…

The Ukrainian capital Kiev is repeatedly the target of attacks. At the beginning of October, for example, the Russian army carried out massive air strikes in which dozens of missiles were fired at Kiev and the surrounding region. Last year, the Sophia School was damaged in an air raid by pressure…

From the 15th to 23rd of September 2024, an international team of four emergency pedagogues travelled to Bethlehem, Palestine. The team was invited to work with both children and local educators there on emergency and trauma pedagogy.

My name is Matthias Nikolaus Eckstaedt. Since 13th August 2024, until August 2025, I have been doing voluntary service in one of the highest capital cities in the world, a metropolis in the Andes, a city that I have already grown fond of after six very eventful weeks: Bogotá.

In April and May of 2024, heavy rainfall caused flooding which hit Nairobi's impoverished neighborhoods especially hard. One of these neighborhoods is Mukuru kwa Njenga, located seven kilometers south of the city center. The devastating floods deprived many people of their simple shelters, forcing…

Unlike in the Scandinavian countries, or in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, independent schools in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece do not receive any state subsidies. They are also treated differently to church-run schools. As a result, the economic challenges are great to enormous.

The coastal city of Salvador in the state of Bahia is one of the poorest cities in Brazil. For many families in the municipality of São Lázaro, securing a livelihood has always been an almost insurmountable task. In addition, many people have lost their previous, albeit meagre, sources of income due…

Waldorf education in Transylvania has undergone progressive development over the last ten years. Gábor Kulcsár, director of studies and lecturer at the Anthroposophical Pedagogical Workshop, reports on this for us.