Emergency pedagogy at the border to Venezuela

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans are fleeing the political and economic crisis of their country. Countless families arrive full of uncertainty and fear at the reception centres of the Boa Vista refugee camp in Brazil. Employees of our Brazilian emergency pedagogy team were on duty and worked…
Learn moreWOW-Day at the Hofschule Wendisch Evern: „Ready, steady, go!“

Worldwide solidarity with Waldorf educational institutions – this is the idea behind Waldorf-One-World-Day, WOW-Day for short. On the designated date, people take action by collecting donations in many different ways and giving the money to Waldorf institutions in need. In 2018, the curative…
Learn moreProject ankommen_weiterkommen moves on into the next round

Since March 2017, four employees of the Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiner (Friends of Waldorf Education) have been working on the project ankommen_weiterkommen (Arriving_Coming Further), which supports underage unaccompanied refugees at the Parzival School Centre in Karlsruhe. After the…
Learn moreStart WOW-Year 2019

2019 will be WOW-Year. This means that your fundraising campaigns are possible at any time and even several times throughout the year. We would like to invite you to join in with your campaign! What’s different? The regular campaign period from 29 September to 29 November does not exist in 2019.…
Learn moreWOW-Day in Moldovia: "The celebration brought the entire school together."

Worldwide solidarity with Waldorf institutions – that is the idea behind Waldorf One World, WOW-Day for short. For one day, committed people collect donations in many different ways and give the money to Waldorf facilities in need. For many years, the Waldorf School in Moldova has been participating…
Learn moreProject of the Month: Hekima – a Waldorf school on the east coast of Africa

The first Waldorf School in Tanzania was founded in Dar es Salaam, where Arab traders settled the African coast centuries ago and a trading metropolis developed, where oriental elements meet Africa, where socialist heritage and modern smartphone life closely coexist. In 2006, the purchase of a plot…
Learn moreHungry Fire - Emergency Pedagogy Mission in South Africa
On 11.01.2019 extensive fires destroyed large parts of the Camphill Farm Community and Camphill School Hermanus grounds in South Africa. Wind and drought caused the fire to spread. All affected persons remained physically unharmed and were immediately looked after by local partners. Emergency…
Learn moreFall 2018 call for donations: Schools in rural Africa

In our current call for donations, we are asking for donations for Waldorf Schools that are primarily attended by children from rural areas in Africa. Good schools are rare outside the big cities of Africa. Especially for children from poorer families – for example, the children of farm workers –…
Learn moreWOW-Year: The relay continues

Since summer several schools have already completed stages of the pan-German relay, which will reach its end in Berlin in September, as part of the grand celebrations for the centenary of Waldorf Schools. The Waldorf School in Oldenburg reports on its relay, which the students turned into a…
Learn moreOut now: our latest issue of Waldorf Worldwide

With the latest issue of “Waldorf Worldwide” we step into the centenary year 2019: 100 years of Waldorf Schools. For more than 40 years, the Friends of Waldorf Education have been supporting the foundation of new schools around the world. In our work, we often get to witness the exceptional energy…
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