WOW-Day: Waldorf pupils help poor children around the world

"Waldorf one World" (WOW-Day) – that means: Waldorf pupils spend a day raising money for poor children around the world, such as children in townships in South Africa, AIDS-infected children in India, Chechnyan refugees...

Every school can organise their WOW-Day whenever they want to. One can raise money in the most varied ways; street theatre, coffee and cake sales in pedestrian precincts, washing cars, benefit concerts, sponsored run... There are no limits to your imagination!
The funds raised go 100% to the projects you choose.

The projects       More infos       How to do?

The projects 2009/2010

Colombia: Social centre for former street children and their families.
Peru: School in a poor town in the Andes.
Sierra Leone: Small Waldorf school in former civil war country.
South Africa: Simple kindergartens for children in the townships.
India: Help for HIV-positive children.
Nepal: Social project for leprosy patients and many others.

Projects of earlier years

Russia: Curative education for blind children in St. Petersburg (2002-06).
Chechnya: A new home for the orphan children from Grozny (2006-08).
India: Schools for the "forgotten" tribal people (2005-07).
China: First Chinese Waldorf initiative in Chengdu (2005).
Thailand: Help for abused children in Bangkok (1997-2005).

More information

Idea of WOW-Day and balance of success
How can our school organise a WOW-Day?
Willkommen! Our letter to all German Waldorf schools, 9/2006.
Homepage of the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education - more information about the projects.
Project information as PDF.
Project information for earlier years: 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09.
"Waldorf action week", Germany 2004: 119 German Waldorf schools raised more than 360.000 Euros for projects in Africa!