The curative educational institution Nadyeshda in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Center for Alternative and Free Pedagogy takes care of children and young people in Kyrgyzstan who have been classified as "not capable of education", which means that they do not receive any public funding for kindergartens, schools and corresponding therapies and are not integrated into society. The teachers do curative education work with these children and young people, including elements of Waldorf education, the pedagogy of Janusz Korczak, and other forms of therapy, so that in the course of time half of the children can transfer to state institutions.
The anniversary will be celebrated in Bishkek on 19 and 20 April. In May and June, Karla-Maria and Igor Schälike, who founded the Centre, will go on a lecture tour to report on the project.