In August, the search for fairy tales takes us to the Escuela Caracol Waldorf School in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala. From there we received the art fairy tale The Great Jocote Tree. Once upon the time, there was a lonely Great Jocote Tree, with no friends. Its leafs left with the wind, the…

"Thanks to your support we could realize many school projects: we have renovated the roof of our school and a handicraft room, we have also finished the room for German lessons.”

In South Africa, the number of Covid-19 cases is increasing rapidly. Nevertheless, the government decided to re-open schools in June, including the Hermanus Waldorf School. The majority of the children who go to Hermanus School come from disadvantaged families in the surrounding townships. The…

"The WOW-Day donation will be used for the children's school meals. This way the children receive a balanced diet and can concentrate better during the school day.”

Two powerful explosions shook the port of Beirut on 04.08.2020, completely destroying large parts of the port and severely damaging the surrounding residential areas. More than 150 people are dead, many are missing, more than 5000 injured have to be treated. Even before the current catastrophe,…

The devastating explosions in the port of Beirut on 4th August hit this battered and weakened country hard. Some 5,000 people were injured and at least 135 died and many people are still missing. In recent years, the economic situation in Lebanon has steadily deteriorated. The government is not able…

A little more than three months ago we sent out our appeal for donations in favour of the Waldorf kindergartens and schools that were in need because of the Corona closures. We are extremely grateful for the many donations that have reached us since then. So far, we have received a total of…

This year's WOW-Day will take place from 29 September to 29 November 2020. We would like to invite you to take part with your event!

Thanks to donations from our International Cooperation Fund, we have been able to equip the Rudolf Steiner School Mbagathi with laptops. In the school's latest newsletter, one of the teachers describes how their work is facilitated at this time by using the equipment: "At the beginning of the year,…

A strict lock-down was also imposed in Nepal due to the pandemic. More and more often we receive reports that the police sometimes react to infringements of the lock-down with violent force. Many people have lost their incomes and are barely able to support themselves. Nepal is heavily dependent on…