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18.01.10: Terremoto in Haiti
11.12.09: WOW-Day 2009 - Más de 250.000 Euros y un gran agradecimiento
04.12.09: "First Aid for the Soul" - Emergency help in Sumatra
03.11.09: Educational emergency aid for traumatised children in Indonesia
06/08/09: final exitoso de la segunda intervención de emergencia en Gaza
20/07/09: los “Amigos” organizan el Festival Internacional UNESCO de la Juventud, con alumnos Waldorf de todo el mundo
07/07/09: Cruz de mérito federal para la fundadora de “Nadeshda” en Kirgistán
24.04.09: “The world moved closer together”
08.04.09: Monte Azul needs help for of a new building for a Crèche
30.03.09: WOW – Day 2009 – helping communally!
29.03.09: “Friends of Waldorf Education” invite for “weltwärts” partner conference in Karlsruhe
10.03.09: Connect 2009 – international conference for class 12 pupils
12.02.09: Educational emergency help in Gaza
21.01.09: Projects which need your support…
22 12.08: First kindergarden in Bulgaria
06.11.08: First Waldorf initiative in Turkey
17.10.08: signatures for a free future!
05.09.08: New reports – New cries for help!
14.07.08: Emergency Education: “Friends” team in China
18.01.10: Terremoto in Haiti
Amigos de la Educación Waldorf planean intervenciones pedagógicas de emergencia en la región destruida por el terremoto.
Para favorecer los procesos naturales de auto-sanación y actuar contra las eventuales consecuencias, los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf” quieren enviar a la región afectada, a mediados de febrero, un grupo de intervención pedagógica de emergencia conformado por pedagogos, psicólogos, terapeutas, médicos y traductores.
Tan sólo podemos darnos una mera idea de cómo es la situación en la ciudad caribeña de Haití, dramáticamente destruida por el terremoto. Pero es imposible sentir el miedo, la desesperación y el dolor de los casi tres millones de afectados. La extrema situación reinante pone en peligro, sobre todo, a alrededor de dos millones de niños. La separación y pérdida de sus familias, las heridas corporales, la permanente confrontación con la muerte y la destrucción conllevan traumas psíquicos que acompañarán a los niños durante todas sus vidas. Entre todas las catástrofes naturales, los terremotos aparecen como especialmente atemorizantes, ya que el aparentemente sólido elemento terrestre es experimentado como inseguro e incluso amenazante para la propia vida.
Las experiencias positivas hechas en las anteriores intervenciones de emergencia en el Líbano (2006), China (2008), Gaza (enero y julio 2009) y en la región del oeste de Sumatra, Indonesia, también destruida por un terremoto (noviembre 2009), fortalecen al grupo de emergencia de los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf” para hacer llegar la ayuda necesaria a los gravemente traumatizados niños y jóvenes de esta región del Caribe.
Dado que los costos para una intervención de pedagogía de emergencia llegan casi a 30.000 Euros, los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf” -a pesar del trabajo ad honorem del grupo- no pueden cubrirlos en su totalidad. ¡Por favor, haga ahora una donación para este proyecto, pues su ayuda hace posible el trabajo! ¡Muchas gracias!
>> Donar.
11.12.09: WOW-Day 2009 - Más de 250.000 Euros y un gran agradecimiento
Queridos alumnos y alumnas:
¡El WOW-Day nacional 2009 tuvo lugar y fue un gran éxito! ¡Y eso gracias a vuestro compromiso!
Alumnos y alumnas de toda Alemania pensaron las ideas más creativas para recaudar dinero y destinarlo a las iniciativas Waldorf de todo el mundo. A través de empleos de un día, maratones de sponsors, actividades de construcción y venta, funciones de circo en calles peatonales y muchas otras ideas, ¡lograron algo que cambiará el mundo de manera muy concreta!
¡111 de las 215 escuelas Waldorf de Alemania participaron en este proyecto!!! ¡Hasta el 8 de diciembre nos llegaron 240.612 Euros, y todavía siete escuelas nos harán llegar sus recaudaciones!
Este es un enorme aporte que posibilita mejorar las condiciones de vida y el acceso a la Pedagogía Waldorf para muchos niños desprotegidos: una comida caliente para los niños de la escuela nocturna en Perú, una escuela Waldorf en Nepal para niños de padres pobres y enfermos o la formación de maestras Waldorf que luego abrirán un pequeño Jardín de Infancia Waldorf para sacar a niños de la calle. Este apoyo es más que una donación, ¡es la prueba de que, trabajando juntas, las personas pueden transformar el mundo en un lugar más humano!
04.12.09: "First Aid for the Soul" - Emergency help in Sumatra
On the 30th of September 2009 in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, the earth shook. The earthquake registered 7,6 on the Richter scale and caused serious damage, mainly in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. In the province’s capital, Padang, roughly 50% of all houses were destroyed. According to official statistics, 1115 people lost their lives and 2200 were injured.
At a plea from the Indonesian department of health and with the support of the foreign office, the “Friends of Waldorf Education – Disaster Pedagogy” sent an eleven-man crisis intervention team into the catastrophe zone. The team, consisting of pedagogues, therapists, psychologists and a doctor, was to help psycho traumatized children to process their experiences, using the methods of Waldorf Education. The locations allocated to our team by the disaster management in Padang and Agam were the mountain villages Sungghais Batang on the Maninjau volcanic lake and Malalak.
>> read more.
03.11.09: Educational emergency aid for traumatised children in Indonesia
On the 30.09.09 an earth quake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, hundreds of people died and even more fled from their demolished cities and towns.
Countless of children who survived the quake were witness to the death of family members and the massive destruction of their environment and as a result are psycho traumatised. They are in urgent need of therapeutic help to work through their experiences.
A Karlsruher association’s (Friends of Waldorf Education – emergency educational assistance) team of experts consisting of 11 teachers, therapists and doctors thus travelled to the central quake region of Pandang from the 11.11. to the 25.11.09 to work with the affected children.
With such traumatic experiences the first weeks are decisive in whether the experiences lived through can be processed by those who went through it or if the clinical condition of “posttraumatic stress disorder” develops, with the possibility of accompanied long term personality disorders. As a preventative measure the experts sent by “The Friends” will be working intensively on the basis of Waldorf education with affected children. The focus will be on movement, games, rhythms, and artistic activities to counteract disorders of perception and memory processes, eating – or sleeping disorders which may result because of the catastrophe.
In Pandang the emergency team will be working with the Indonesian ministry’s department for mental health. This assignment is supported by the German department of foreign affairs.
The cost of approximately 30.000 euro cannot be carried by the association “The Friends of Waldorf Education – emergency educational assistance” alone, even though they are doing the work voluntarily. The association is therefore dependent on donations in order to continue their work in crisis areas.
06/08/09: final exitoso de la segunda intervención de emergencia en Gaza
Los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf” ya estuvieron a finales de enero en la Franja de Gaza, para una intervención con pedagogía de emergencia en la crisis, pero tuvieron que interrumpir sus trabajos antes de lo previsto, debido al cierre de la frontera egipcia. Luego fue posible continuarlo con otro grupo integrado por diez psicólogos, pedagogos y terapeutas, con ayuda del Servicio de Asuntos Exteriores. El trabajo continuó allí donde se había interrumpido en febrero: en el Hogar de huérfanos del la ciudad de Gaza.
Muchos niños de la franja de Gaza no pueden salir más de sus casas, debido a las graves heridas que sufrieron. Otros están tan traumatizados que se esconden en sus viviendas y reaccionan con ataques de pánico cuando tienen que salir. Otros han tenido tranformaciones psicológicas y sus padres, desesperados, los ocultan y encierran.
>> Read more.
20/07/09: los “Amigos” organizan el Festival Internacional UNESCO de la Juventud, con alumnos Waldorf de todo el mundo
Luego del gran éxito del 2006, la ciudad de Stuttgart -Alemania- volvió a organizar en 2009 el Festival Internacional UNESCO de la Juventud. Entre el 13 y el 19 de julio fueron invitados 500 jóvenes de todo el mundo. También esta vez pusieron su especial acento los 80 alumnos Waldorf provenientes de ocho países: Colombia, Filipinas, Tailandia, Egipto, India, Lituania, Argentina y España.
El trabajo de organización para el traslado de los alumnos extranjeros fue relaizado nuevamente por la oficina de los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf”, de Karlsruhe.
En un lapso de tiempo muy corto debieron aclararse una gran cantidad de detalles: desde las invitaciones oficiales para las visas, hasta la reserva de pasajes de avión, pasando por los seguros médicos para la estadía en Alemania.
Los invitados internacionales recibieron alojamiento en Stuttgart. Cada uno tuvo como anfitrión a un alumno Waldorf de la ciudad, en cuya casa también fue acogido. Así se produjeron muchos encuentros enriquecedores, de culturas y experiencias, que fueron aprovechados tanto por los huéspedes como por los receptores. Tal como en 2006, todo continuó en contactos que se mantuvieron, así como muchas amistades internacionales.
El tema del festival de este año estuvo dedicado a la protección climática y las energías del futuro. Esto tan actual para las generaciones futuras fue discutido en un Congreso del Clima de la Juventud Internacional, y en workshops.
El segundo punto en importancia fue naturalmente el encuentro y el diálogo entre las culturas. Un aporte especial lo brindó el festejo mensual internacional, el 15/7 en la Escuela Waldorf Uhlandshöhe -un lugar significativo para la Pedagogía Waldorf, ya que allí tuvo su origen, y que este año festeja su 90 aniversario-.
En sus palabras de apertura del evento, Bernhard Kübler, director del departamento Stuttgart Este, acentuó lo que más tarde el público pudo apreciar por sí mismo: los grupos Waldorf de todo el mundo aportan esencialmente al motivo del Festival UNESCO -el intercambio entre culturas- y hacen el encuentro más colorido y alegre. Se vieron y escucharon melodías y ritmos de Egipto y Lituania, vestimentas y danzas de Sudamérica, Tailandia e India, y una demostración de Arnis, una lucha filipina con bastones. El público acompañó y acogió entusiasta a los invitados internacionales.
Luego de la semana UNESCO en Stuttgart, los jóvenes estaban invitados a otra semana de Congreso internacional de alumnos Waldorf, en la Escuela Waldorf de Überlingen-Alemania.
Los “Amigos de la Educación Waldorf” están seguros que todos los que participaron de este festival se llevan a casa recuerdos intensos y experiencias que marcan.
07/07/09: Cruz de mérito federal para la fundadora de “Nadeshda” en Kirgistán
En reconocimiento a su actividad de largos años en favor del bienestar de los niños discapacitados en la República de Kirsgistán, el presidente federal Horst Köhler entregó a la Sra. Karla Maria Schälike -directora del Centro de rehabilitación para niños “Nadjeshda”- la Cruz al mérito federal.
El 9 de junio del 2009, el embajador de Alemania en la República de Kirgistán, Holger Green, entregó la orden a la Sra. Karla Maria Schälike en una ceremonia solemne.
La Cruz del mérito federal es una alta distinción que se entrega cada año a unas pocas personalidades elegidas.
La Sra. Schälike vive desde hace más de 30 años en Kirgistán, donde fundó en 1989 el Centro de rehabilitación para niños “Ümüt-Nadjeshda”. Actualmente el centro atiende aproximadamente a 60 niños y jóvenes, algunos con discapacidades múltiples y graves. Hay un Jardín de Infancia integrado, una escuela de cuatro grados, talleres terapéuticos, un seminario de Pedagogía Curativa y mucho más. Esta importante institución es financiada casi exclusivamente con donaciones particulares, sobre todo desde Alemania. Tschyngys Aitmatow fue durante muchos años padrino del proyecto.
En su discurso, el embajador Green resaltó la actividad de la Sra. Schälike y expresó la esperanza de que a través de la entrega de esta orden, el Centro de rehabilitación para niños “Nadjeshda” obtenga mayor reconocimiento.
>> Más: Reporte de Kirgistán.
24.04.09: “The world moved closer together”
More than 100 people from anthroposophic-pedagogical institutions from more than 25 countries came together for a conference on the 4th to 9th April in Karlsruhe. A report about the “partner conference” for and with partner institutions of the voluntary service „weltwärts“, organised by “Friends of Waldorf Education”.
In the week before Easter more than 100 people from just about as many institutions (social projects, Waldorf schools and kindergardens, curative educational institutions etc.), came together at the partner conference “weltwärts” hosted by the “Friends of Waldorf Education” in Karlsruhe. More than 30 countries and four continents were the home all these people came from: Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Columbia, Mexico, Uruguay, El Salvador, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Lebanon, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, India, Pakistan, China, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.
>> Read more.
08.04.09: Monte Azul needs help for of a new building for a Crèche
In order for this initiative to continue receiving its state subsidy it needs to have a kind of health certificate. The fact that this institution is in the middle of Brazilian Favela’s creates an enormous problem, however a compromise could be found: if, in a space of two years a new building is erected, the institution may remain in Monte Azul. The funds that are needed comprise an amount of 147.621 Euro!!!
>> Read more.
30.03.09: WOW-Day 2009 – helping together!
Our answer to the financial crisis is: Brotherliness.
What we are wishing in the big scale can be realised in the small manner.
Another world is possible – decisive, is our contributions.
All funds raised on this communal WOW-Day 2009 will go to projects in developing countries.
These Schools and social projects which work under the most difficult circumstances place the child in the centre of its focus through Waldorf Education (you may find a small selection >> here).
>> Read more and find all important information.
29.03.09: “Friends of Waldorf Education” invite for “weltwärts” partner conference in Karlsruhe
“Going into the future together” – that is the Motto of the international conference which was held in Karlsruhe from the 4th to the 9th of April. This conference will be attended by all the Anthroposophical institutions where “weltwärts” volunteer services can be done.
Expected are more than 100 representatives from Waldorf Schools, kinder gardens, remedial institutions and other projects from Middle - and South America, Africa and Asia.
An essential part of the support we give come from the growing number of volunteer workers (in 2008 it amounted to 550 volunteers) we send to these institutions, in more than 50 countries.
The core theme of the “weltwärts” conference was voluntary services. This service which came into existence through the German ministry for economic and developmental cooperation is directed at young Germans who would like to become involved in international volunteer work. We have actively been carrying the implementation of this idea since its initiation. Up until now we have participated with 170 volunteers being sent out by us through “weltwärts”.
Through this conference we havev the possibility to strengthen the base of the “weltwärts” voluntary services. We have lively personal experiences and information exchanges with the responsible partner projects overseas. At the same time the international guests are able to give closer presentation of their work as well as networking among each other. The closing of the conference will have a colourful cultural programme.
We are happy to hear that the patronage of this initiative is taken on by the federal minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and the mayor of Karlsruhe Klaus Stapf and we are looking forward to lively and fruitful meetings and conversations.
10.03.09: Connect 2009 – international conference for class 12 pupils
More than 500 class 12 pupils from Waldorf Schools all across the world has been invited by the Goetheanum youth section from the 19th to the 23rd of April. The conference would be co-organised with helpers, conversational group leaders, artists and artisans. The theme: what would society look like if each individual carried responsibility?
Young people from South Africa to New Zealand will be attending. Many classes have been working for months toward their travelling costs. The youth section needs a total amount of 100.000 € – every donation helps to make the conference happen.
“The Friends of Waldorf Education” would gladly direct donations to them as well as gives donation receipts.
More information at: www.connectconference.org
12.02.09: Educational emergency help in Gaza
The work with traumatised children in the Gaza strip has started…
Among others we are working in an area on the periphery of Gaza city. After a massive military attack prior to our arrival, it was completely isolated from humanitarian help. We were faced with an unimaginable picture of total destruction: completely destroyed houses, streets, olive groves and mostly we met people many of whom were children, with deep physical and emotional wounds. We started the work with these children, for example Abdallah (10), who saw the killing of his father and other family members. He saw how, his four year old brother who was begging the dead father to come back got shot and died.
>> Read more and make a donation!
21.01.09: Projects which need your support…
We know of many projects which are doing admirable work and yet need your support. We would gladly like to help them continue their work; however do not have the means. Your donations are the means to securing the future of these initiatives!
On this site you can get to know these many wonderful initiatives, which one cannot help enough as they contribute directly to a better world, through their dedicated work in caring for the disadvantaged children.
22 12.08: First Waldorf kindergarden in Bulgaria
On the 22nd of December the first kindergarden in the city of Sofia in Bulgaria was officially inaugurated.
Since 1990 there have been open lectures and courses for the public on Waldorf education. In 2000 there was then a general conference about independent education. A first attempt at starting a Waldorf kinder garden failed. In 2002 an association “the friends of Waldorf Education in Bulgaria” was founded which unfortunately had to withstand many conflicts. In 2003 a three year training course was started in Sofia - there are currently 14 children being cared for in the Waldorf kinder garden “the golden corn”.
>> Read more.
06.11.08: First Waldorf initiative in Turkey
Although the wish to find a home for Waldorf education in Turkey has been living with many people, a break trough in this direction has up until now been unsuccessful. One of the essential reasons has been the intellectualised centrally run education system. Its detailed prescriptions on learning content and its rigid examination regulations make the chances for alternative school models impossible. Another reason is the distrustful public view on Waldorf schools in Turkey. Except for some original texts there are no other translations of Rudolf Steiners work in Turkish.
Since the 18th of October a Waldorf – initiative committee with more than 15 dedicated people has been founded. A Waldorf symposium has been planned in cooperation with Marie-Luise Sparka at the Rudolf Steiner School in Hamburg and Peter Lang of the kinder garden association in Stuttgart for the end of March 2009. In autumn of 2009 or 2010 a two year teachers training seminar is to be started and thereafter a Waldorf kinder garden will be initiated.
>> Read more.
17.10.08: Signatures for a free future!
Give your signature for Anthroposophical medicine, agriculture and other initiatives to have a future!
ELIANT – The European alliance of initiatives with applied Anthroposophy – have been fighting for legal conditions in Europe, which would support and allow development for diverse approaches in institutions. ELIANT demands a legal frame in European politics which not only allows freedom of choice but also the possibility to choose quality of life and cultural diversity in decision making.
For this cause ELIANT needs to collect one million signatures. This would prepare the ground for future EU decisions, which would take into consideration and support the diverse approaches in agriculture, the food industry, medicine, health care as well as education and social therapy. Thus creating a humane Europe.
>> More information on the situation in agriculture, medicine, education, etc.
>> Sign here!
>> Print a signature list
05.09.08: New reports – New cries for help!
Emergency situations know no holiday... In the last few weeks we got more reports from all over the world – reports on initiatives that are doing admirable work. We gladly invite you to get to know them! Maybe you would like to help the work to continue in the one or the other place.
In August of 2007 a strong earthquake destroyed one of the poorest areas in Peru. Immediate help was slow in reaching their aim as the isolated nature of these villages made it difficult to reach, and people were once again left to fend for themselves. Only one of a few organisations, like the one founded by the Waldorf teacher Bettina Vielmetter “Pro Humanus” continued to care for the people still around and especially the children – they try to motivate own initiative through educational and social work. This work is only possible with the help of donations!
>> Read the report.
To the North of Ethiopia there is a Waldorf kinder garden initiative in Hawzien. It was initiated by a couple from northern Germany who has had lots of experience in Ethiopia and Ethiopians themselves. The committed kinder garden teachers still need lots of training. They are looking for experienced kinder garden teachers who are prepared to do three weeks voluntary work / training with them and exchange experiences as well as donations to pay their travelling costs.
>> Read the report.
From South Africa we have a report on an Educare Centre. These are the simplest Waldorf kinder gardens where children are able to make the most important experiences that children could ever make. That they are loved and cared for. Mostly life in the townships around Cape Town teaches differently. Parents or single mothers are busy all day in finding means to earn money. The children are either locked up in their shanties (if they are still very small) or are in the street all day long – where everyday life is filled with violence. And so many children at a very early age have lost their trust - in the world, in the future, in other people and in themselves. Educare Centres give these children another kind of experience – and most probably another kind of future.
>> Read the report.
At another school in South Africa, more to the north there is the Lesedi Waldorf Centre – a Waldorf School in Madietane that can only be reached by means of a dirt road. Two years ago the founder and administrator of this school was killed in a motor car accident. The loss was a great shock to the school as well as the fact that the state has withdrawn its subsidy and the school has since then been fighting for survival. The committed teachers have not yet given up. Any kind of help or partnership is welcomed!
>> Read the report.
Nepal has for many years now had a truly admirably social project. “Shanti Sewa Griha” has been founded by a mother from a Waldorf School to give people with leprosy humane care. For a long time now it has also been caring for other disabled people. More than 1000 people have found their home in Shanti. Two reports are given from a previous Waldorf pupil and a trained Waldorf School teacher and tell of the kind of work that is being done here. (You may also read a detailed report by the founder of the school Marianne Großpietsch)
Help is also needed by a social project in Brazil (Salvador de Bahia) and the remedial Michael school in Georgia (Tiflis).
We are happy for your interest and thank you for your help!
14.07.08: Emergency Education: “Friends” team in China
In May of 2008 an earth quake claimed 90.000 lives in China and made millions of people homeless – many of them experienced heavy trauma.
On an invitation from the Chengdu Waldorf School a volunteer team from “The friends of Waldorf education” under the leadership of Bernd Ruf went into the earth quake area and worked with many children, youths, parents and teachers.
At the end of the two week assignment they received high recognition from the Chinese authorities.
Bernd Ruf reports on the devastating experiences.
>> Read more.