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…

Nils Claßen, theatre pedagogue and rapper, has repeatedly held rap workshops at two flood-affected institutions in the Ahr Valley on behalf of the Emergency Pedagogy Department of the Friends of Waldorf Education. At the Erich Kästner Secondary School Plus in Bad Neuenahr, young people participated…

For this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, we would like to offer insights—using examples from Ukraine and Kenya—into our work with children with disabilities, who are additionally confronted with the challenges of living in war and crisis zones. All too often,…

When parents and teachers came together in 2016 with the aim of founding the first Waldorf primary school in Greece, they wanted to create a place where children could grow up healthily and develop their love for the world. At the time, no one could have imagined how quickly the school community…

Since October 2023, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank has intensified significantly. Even the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brings only limited peace. On one hand, strengthened security measures and new checkpoints make everyday life more difficult; on the other, the…

With Nelson Mandela's inauguration in 1994, South Africa opened up its education system to the entire population. The failed apartheid regime could no longer exclude large sections of its population from acquiring a decent education. Helen Stotko was passionate about giving marginalised groups…

After the devastating earthquake in Turkey in 2023, the emergency education programme of the Friends of Education became active in various locations within the earthquake region, including in Hatay. The initial efforts developed into two child protection centres (child friendly spaces) to care for…

In the latest issue of the magazine Waldorf Worldwide, the Friends of Waldorf Education once again draw attention to their current appeal for donations and present Waldorf schools where a particularly large number of families face social and economic challenges.

The Rudolf Steiner School in Mbagathi is located south of Nairobi and has been in existence since 1989. From an initial ten pupils, it has now grown to 430 children. One of the school's central tasks is to give disadvantaged children a future. To do this, it relies on partnerships, grants and…