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Over the years, the work of the Emergency Pedagogy department has changed. Originally, the goal of the Emergency Pedagogical interventions was to provide immediate support right after an event. Nowadays, another focus of our work is on providing long-term support. For example, in Iraq, independent…

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.

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…

An international team from Friends of Waldorf Education worked with children, youth and staff at an SOS Children's Village Summer Camp in July 2024.

The earthquake in February 2023 in Türkiye and Syria continues to leave deep wounds and a great need for humanitarian aid among the local population. It is estimated that around 760,000 people in Türkiye alone still live in emergency shelters (Source: United Nations Population Fund…

Since the beginning of the war in 2022, the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine has repeatedly been the target of attacks by Russian troops. To this day, there are regular explosions caused by rockets and drones. The border with Russia and the active frontline are only 30 kilometres away. Some…

For two years, a bitter civil war raged in northern Ethiopia, and even after signing a peace agreement, violent clashes continue to this day. The conflict between the regional government of Tigray and the Ethiopian central government resulted in countless deaths and forced more than 1.2 million…

Almost six months after the severe destruction caused by Hurricane "Otis" in Mexico, an emergency pedagogical team is once again working with affected families in the Acapulco region. During their efforts, it became clear that people are not only suffering from the aftermath of the natural disaster…

At the beginning of February, several forest fires caused devastating damage in Chile. The region around Valparaíso on the Pacific coast is particularly affected. Just days after the disaster, the emergency pedagogy network in Chile became active and carried out several missions.