In our blog entry from 9 May 2012 we have asked you to support the St. George Special Education School in Moscow by signing a petition. The reason was that the school director received a letter from the local municipality and the Moscow Department of Education with an eviction notice asking the [...] more

One of the best schools for mentally disabled children and adolescents in Russia – the St. George School – started its work in 1995 in the south-eastern administrative district of Moscow. This school not only offers the chance to develop their individual skills, but also prepares many of them (who [...] more

The first Russian Waldorf School was established in Yaroslavl in 1990 and it was also the first non-governmental educational facility in the region. Three years later, a kindergarten was also founded. Thanks to a strong German-Russian partnership, the school has managed to survive the financially [...] more

It began in 1992, when two Waldorf teachers established a full-time teacher training. After studying for two years, a group of teachers and educators founded the Centre for Waldorf Education, which included the seminar, the kindergarten and a first grade. Unfortunately, non public schools in [...] more

Mashale Rosalia, the South African woman who initiated the Baphumelele Training Centre and Children’s Home in Khayelitsha was recently rewarded for her courage and commitment. As one of six women she received the 2011 Shoprite Checkers Award for Youth Movers. This award is highly recognized, [...] more

 When it was established in 1994, the Aregnasan Waldorf School in Yerevan was the first Armenian school with an alternative educational approach. The school still has the status of a private school. However, it is currently struggling to keep up high quality educational conditions in the face [...] After twenty years of silent coexistence, another breakthrough came in 2010, when the first exchange between Waldorf Schools in Armenia and Georgia took place through visits of a delegation of Waldorf teachers and students. As a result of these visits, an exchange project has developed between [...] Please support the school with a donation! Your contribution helps to ensure that the Waldorf school in Yerevan can provide education to more children (also from financially disadvantaged families). And the school would like to build up new workshops in their 160 m2 cellar. For that project they [...] more

Brazil: Casa Querida Criança is a non-profit organization that cares for HIV-positive children, children of HIV-positive parents and their siblings and family. The social project accompanies the families until they can stand on their own feet. Casa Querida Criança currently supports 55 [...]A major success during the last year was working with a motherless family. The mother died after a tragic suicide attempt. Immediately after, Casa Crianca started supporting the family and through a donation the rent expenses were covered, to ensure the family’s survival for the first few months. [...] more

"In the eyes of many ambitious Chinese parents, a lighthearted childhood is being regarded as a waste of time”. Headlines such as this one, regularly appear in articles about the situation of children in China.In the World's largest country in terms of population, children are under enormous [...] more

After a few teachers had completed their training in Stuttgart, they went back in the mid 1990s to Tajikistan and began to build up a Waldorf school in Khujand, amidst a not very tolerant environment. Three years ago, the authorities have managed to chase the school out of its beautiful and [...] more

The Hungarian Waldorf schools are now facing major challenges due to a change in the Education Act and the related state control of the educational sector. It is becoming more and more apparent that teachers are no longer entitled to as much freedom in education as before. The next few months will [...] more

Cristi is a student at the Waldorf School in Rosia. He lives alone with his alcoholic father, whom he often has to look after. Sometimes he has to go to work with him. On such days he is missing in school. When he started attending the Rosia Waldorf School, he was an anxious and aggressive child. [...] more

2012 Spring High school yes, but how? In this issue we inform about the Waldorf high schools in the US and Thailand, about the Emergency Pedagogy in Kenya, impressions from Brazil and twenty years Curative Education in Romania. more

North of Cape Town begins the desert-like area, where nothing grows, as well as the glum suburbs. Even further up north those people have settled, who during apartheid have been displaced from the attractive hillside location in Cape Town’s “District 6”. As a result, places like Atlantis and [...] more

In Shfaram, an Arab city in northern Israel there is an Arab Waldorf initiative since 2003. Today, the olive tree project already comprises three kindergartens and one Waldorf school. Here, in kindergarten and in school a total of 155 Bedouin, Muslim, Christian and Druze children meet, play and [...] more

A few weeks ago the new Croatian government has made a commitment to financially support independent education. Although the education budget was cut significantly this year, the Ministry of Education has decided to raise the current support for alternative schools to 30%, which amongst others [...] more

During the last years, Waldorf education has been able to quickly develop in China and has gained a strong foothold in recent years. The Friends of Waldorf Education have strongly supported this development. Read more about the work of the Friends from 1996 to 2010 in the Chinese-speaking world. [...] more

The Waldorf School in Vilnius in Lithuania has received a commitment from the Ministry that they subsidize the school building with European funds. This can only happen if the school raises a ten percent self-contribution. The Software AG Foundation has already confirmed their support and the [...] more

Kazakhstan: The Alexander von Humboldt High School in the town of Ust-Kamenogorsk is growing with each passing year. 2011 there were 306 students. Many of them attend this particular school because it has a good reputation and one can learn German. In this region of Kazakhstan live 300 000 people, [...] more

The dream of a kindergarten in El Salvador - the smallest country in Central America - took perhaps a little nap, but is not forgotten altogether. For years there has been a care center and a facility for Curative Education for children in the capital of San Salvador. Located in Tutunichapa, a [...] more

As the first school in San Francisco the Waldorf High School was awarded the coveted LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Above all, the school was honored that it has transformed a building from the 70s into a sustainable learning center with classrooms, laboratories, art [...] more

Over thirty years after the military dictatorship under Franco, it seems that independent education strongly blossoms in Spain. So far already seven primary Waldorf schools “Primarias” and one middle-school “Secundaria” have been granted official licenses. The only previously existing Waldorf high [...] more

Beginning of a new Waldorf kindergarten in early 2012 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The founder, a native Zimbabwean woman returned last year from exile in Cape Town. With her she brought back the wish to establish a Waldorf school in Harare. In Cape Town she had met a Zimbabwean Waldorf kindergarten [...] more

In this issue we inform about the latest developments in Asia, with examples from China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand. And on the occasion of our anniversary we provide historical insights into the last 40 years the Friends of Waldorf Education. More... more

Arca Mundial continues to expand Project of the Month, February 2012: Arca Mundial in Colombia In 1997, Juan Guillermo Restrepo and Sandra Dominguez met the remedial educator Franz Lehnert. Inspired by him, they decided to put their vision into practice and build up a care facility for [...] more

Finally in 2011, the "Peaceful Bamboo Family" in Hué has received an official building permit after long and tough negotiations. The special education facility plans now to build a new building for their language training on the newly devoted piece of land. The Bamboo-Family is the first [...] more