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Joint Action: Corona Help. The young Kindergarten of Pampa del Infierno in Argentina

Pampa del Infierno is a very small town in the north of Argentina. In the middle of the endless grassy landscape some highly committed parents founded the Waldorf Kindergarten, Colmena Azul and also found some kindergarten teachers in the area. The Corona crisis put the young Waldorf initiative to…

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Joint Action: Corona Help. Help for an independent Waldorf School in Bristol

In the southwest of England, the Bristol Steiner School has been offering Waldorf education since 1973. When a state funded Steiner Academy was opened near the school, many students migrated because the school fees for the Waldorf School are a high hurdle for many parents. As of September 2017, the…

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Joint Action: Corona Help Open-air classrooms at the Waldorf School in Alanya

Founded in 2016, the Waldorf School in Alanya teaches students from kindergarten to eighth grade. As an independent school, it receives no state support and relies on parent contributions and donations for funding. The parents of most of the children work in the tourism sector and are still…

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Zanzibar: Cows for the Waldorf School

There has been a small Waldorf school in Zanzibar since 2012. In this semi-autonomous island province off the coast of Tanzania, half of the population lives below the poverty line and about 12 percent of the children are malnourished. Most of the children who attend the school come from just such…

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WOW-Day 2020: A big thank you from the Cosmos Centre in Ghana

"Medase!" is what they say in Ghana for "Thank you!". With these words, the people from the Cosmos Center in Dormaa thank the dedicated students who participated in WOW-Day 2020. Here, you can find out where your donation will go and what the school route of the "Nsuoba" - the ‘river children’ (in…

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Our Project of the Month: Waldorf in Galicia

Nestled in the Galician countryside is the small, inclusive school, Meniñeiros, the only Waldorf school in Galicia, which began in 2003 with a kindergarten. Since 2009, the farm and orchard have been wonderful and much-loved places for play and learning for the children in the kindergarten and…

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A new Waldorf School in Croatia

A new Waldorf school is being built in the city of Osijek in eastern Croatia. Since 2015, a group of people has been working to establish Waldorf education in Osijek for the first time. To begin with, there was a programme of lectures and workshops, along with the undertaking of some social…

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Vietnam: Award for the founder of the Die Giac Waldorf Kindergarten

Almost 20 years ago, in 2002, Nhu Tri, the leading nun of the Dieu Giac Buddhist Temple in Ho Chi Minh City, added a Waldorf kindergarten to the orphanage she had established and run near her temple. About 30 children find a free place of care here - some of them are children from the home, others…

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Fire in Patagonia

For weeks now, a fire has been ablaze in the Argentinian part of Patagonia. Over 250 families have lost their homes. Several people have died, and some are missing. Many animals also fell victim to the flames. According to the Reuters news agency, more than 2,000 hectares of forest have been…

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Emergency Pedagogy Conference

In Karlsruhe, planning is currently underway for the 9th Annual Emergency Pedagogy Conference. Entitled "The Corona Crisis - Risks and Opportunities for Children and Adolescents", this year's conference will take place from June 4-6, 2021. With this, we aim to provide a mix of in-person attendance…

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