The population of Armenia has fallen to just a little over three million inhabitants. Those who can manage somehow leave the land-locked country in the Caucasus Mountains, because the prospects to make a sufficient income are not good. For people with special needs, the situation is far more…

Since 2012, emergency pedagogy has been active in Kenya, or rather in one of the largest refugee camps in the world: Kakuma. The project was handed over to local colleagues in 2014 and has been running since then under their own responsibilty. The famine, but also the fear of violence or to be…

In Great Britian the situation, politically and socially, is exceptional. In the past months, the country has been shaken by multiple attacks. It all began in March with the so-called Westminster-Attack. Many deaths and around 300 injuried were the sad numbers from that day. Now a high-rise fire has…

FIGHTING AGAINST HUNGER IN AFRICA TOGETHER The coalition Aktion Deutschland Hilft called for an action day against hunger in Africa on June 9th, 2017. As a member organisation, we have also used this action day to once again bring attention to the impending disaster and have made a film:VIDEO "Aid…

War, Ruins, & Traumata EMERGENCY PEDAGOGY – MORE THAN METHODSIn 2017 the emergency pedagogy annual conference will once again take place in Karlsruhe. From June 9th till 11th of this year, we will focus on the topic of “man made disasters”.Wars, violence, and natural disasters threaten many—but…

Although one can now barely see the physical damages of the devastating earthquake, which struck Nepal in 2015, many children are just as before heavily traumatised. Helping these children is a priority of the upcoming mission. From February 18th to March 4th, a team consisting of 9 experienced…

2016 saw the expansion of our long-term project in Northern Iraq in cooperation with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). From January 20th to February 3rd, a team from emergency pedagogy will once again travel to the region of Dohuk. Pedagogues are now trauma-pedagogically active…

In the past year, Italy was shaken by multiple, strong earthquakes. There is still enough energy in the rock, so that more are predicted to follow.Because the region could be evacuated in time in October, there were luckily no deaths due to this earthquake. But most of the residents lost their…

On December 3rd, 2016 a team from the emergency pedagogy department travelled to the Philippines to visit the project there for the sixth time. This mission will be the last one in Tacloban and represents the conclusion of the project, which began after the devastating typhoon Haiyan. Meanwhile,…

On Friday, November 4th, 2016 another mission team from the Friends of Waldorf Education set off.This is the eleventh time the emergency pedagogues are traveling to Northern Iraq, to further train local colleagues and to support children and adolescents.For two weeks, they will help affected persons…