Wafoundani Virginio Silue is the head of the nursery school L’École des Enfants in Bouaké (Ivory Coast). Since 2018, he and his team have been committed to an educational approach that provides children with a safe, warm and vibrant environment in which to develop. His experiences range from the…

María Paz Dörr Bulnes is a doctor specialising in child development support and anthroposophical medicine. For several years, she has been supporting the team at the La Siembra kindergarten in the O’Higgins region of Chile. Through her medical and educational work, she has gained a deep insight into…

In early February, Lina Bäuerle and Fabian Krämer from the Emergency Pedagogy team of the Friends of Waldorf Education traveled to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq for a week to visit their project partner, Island of Hope. For over ten years, the core team of Hishyar, Ali, and Hazhar has been working with…

The Hermanus Waldorf School is attended by numerous children from the surrounding townships of Zwelihle and Mount Pleasant. When the school was founded in 1994, it had a clear vision of inclusion and equal opportunities – regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, or economic background. At the…

The Rudolf Steiner School in Mbagathi has completed its much-needed staff accommodation project. Following an unexpected setback, construction was delayed by almost a year. Now, some staff members will be able to move into the new accommodation on campus.

Shortly after the earthquake that severely affected parts of Turkey and Syria in 2023, the Friends of Waldorf Education began implementing emergency pedagogical measures. The Turkish Waldorf teacher Cansu Kaygısız Vardar, who is currently also writing her doctoral thesis in the field of early…

Janette Gülker-Neuhaus is a German teacher and a special needs teacher who has been committed to Waldorf education and inclusive education for many years. She was a member of the school management team at the Freie Waldorfschule Everswinkel and has been volunteering for many years at the Michael…

Pupils Lelia, Paulina and Kubilay from the Waldorf School in Ismaning near Munich spent three weeks at the Mbagathi Rudolf Steiner School in Nairobi to take part in various practical and educational activities.

Funded by the Friends of Waldorf Education, a three-year part-time professional development course for teachers at Waldorf schools has been held in Turkey for the second time. Alfred Rahmen and Jürgen Lohmann were responsible for the course design and delivery. Lohmann is a Waldorf class teacher and…

In February 2026, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine will mark its fourth anniversary. Since March 2022, Friends of Waldorf Education have been able to provide on-site support primarily to children and young people, as well as to educators, through four cycles of professional training, each…