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Every initiative tells its own story. Together, they form a global movement.

Every initiative tells its own story. Together, they form a global movement.

Here we introduce you to more than 30 WOW-Day projects that depend on support because they receive no government funding.

What will be new in the future:
In recent years, we have asked the projects about their current needs and plans. But the real challenge lies in continuity and, in particular, in people. The greatest need is often the financial means required to maintain an initiative. We describe this in detail here.

The project pages are currently being completely redesigned to give you the best possible insight into the projects’ daily work and the challenges they face. Until then, the existing project profiles will continue to provide the essential information.

If you would like to know whether there is currently a specific need or project that still requires support, just send us a short message. We hope you enjoy this little journey of discovery from East to West through the Waldorf world.

Nepal: Shanti

Shanti Sewa Griha provides social work for people in Nepal who live on the margins of society: the poor, lepers and people with disabilities. Over time, a Waldorf school, a kindergarten, a farm, workshops, a clinic, a soup kitchen, and even two…

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Vietnam: Dieu Giac, Thanh Lan, Tho Trang Childcare Center

In and around Ho Chi Minh City there are three Waldorf kindergartens that bring warmth to the children in a performance-oriented society. The kindergartens do not receive state support and live on donations from parents and friends.

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Georgia: TEMI

TEMI is a community in the north-eastern Georgian village Gremi. More than 70 people aged between 0 and 80 years, coming from a variety of backgrounds, are living together like a large family - without any state support.

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Georgia: Michael School

The Michael School is a curative education school in Georgia, with a clear concept of education, training and social inclusion for children with intellectual and physical development difficulties.

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Kyrgyzstan: Individual musical support for two Nadjeschda children with special needs

To support Aybek and Lida's musical talent, the two children with special needs should receive music lessons and musical therapy sessions. Instruments are also needed. To fulfil this dream, the children's center needs 5,040 euros.

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Sierra Leone: 100 young coconut palms for the Waldorf School near Freetown

To get less dependent on donations, the Goderich Waldorf School wants to buy and plant 100 coconut palms. The harvest of approximate 2,000 coconuts from the palms each year can then be sold at markets. The coconut seedlings cost 2,000 euros.

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Moldova: Liceul Teoretic Waldorf

Liceul Teoretic Waldorf in Chișinău was founded in 1992. To this day, it remains a state institution that continues to fight for pedagogical autonomy through many rounds of negotiations and connects state requirements to the Waldorf curriculum.…

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Ghana: Cosmos-Centre

So far there are only a few facilities for children with disabilities in Ghana. The Cosmos-Centre cares lovingly for about seven children and gives them a safe home.

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Kenya: The Humane School

In western Kenya, not far from the village of Kitale, lies a small school called the Humane School, attended by children from kindergarten to eighth grade. Earnings are often very low, so that the parents do not have the means to send their children…

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Kenya: Rudolf Steiner School Mbagathi

The Mbaghati Rudolf Steiner School in Nairobi is a growing school in the Maasai plains. People come from all over Kenya to Rongai, to look for work, and recently there has been a new wave of refugees that arrived as a result of violence.

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South Africa: Zenzeleni Waldorf School

In the township of Khayelitsha live an estimated one million people. Most parents are looking for a good education for their children outside the township. But for high quality education they can also just visit the local Waldorf School.

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South Africa: Lesedi Waldorf School

The remote location Madietane is home to the Lesedi Waldorf School. Especially the boarding school allows the children to attend school, as most parents cannot afford daily transportation to school.

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Tanzania: Hekima Waldorf School

Since 1997 the Hekima Waldorf School offers Waldorf education in Dar es Salaam. In Tanzania, the educational situation is rather bad. Large classes with 100 children are not uncommon.

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Ethiopia: Food for the children after the civil war

Finally, the children in the Tigray province can go to school again. Nevertheless, after the civil war, the supply of food is still very poor. A total of 1,750 euros per month is needed to provide 480 children with food.

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Haiti: Rural School

It is early morning. The little 8-year-old Alexandre runs with swift feet up and down the mountain trails. Every day it takes him two hours on foot to reach his school.

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Colombia: CES Waldorf

At the periphery of Bogota, Colombia's capital city, rural refugees seek a new life under the toughest conditions. There CES Waldorf helps with tutoring in reading, writing or mathematics.

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Colombia: Fundación Arca Mundial

In Medellín, people with disabilities aged between 1-28 years have the opportunity to educate themselves and learn skills such as weaving, baking and carpentry.

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Peru: Estrella del Sauce

Waldorf education becomes accessible to poor people in Peru. Now there is a small initiative in an Amazon village, offering an English class, afternoon classes and holiday care.

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Guatemala: Escuela Caracol

The Waldorf School “Caracol” in San Marcos La Laguna, has students from families belonging to the Maya tradition, as well as immigrant families. Financially, the money obtained through school fees is not yet sufficient for the daily needs.

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Brasil: CREAR

The children and young people who come to C.R.E.A.R. are often accustomed to the dramatic effects of poverty: alcoholism, violence, drugs are common realities of their daily life.

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Brasil: Salva Dor

For many years in Salvador de Bahia, little children are taken off the streets to receive loving care and three meals a day at the institution Salva Dor. Their own families are often not able to provide this kind of care.

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Peru: Two new classrooms for children in Peru

The Khuyay Waldorf School Tarapoto in Peru would like to build and equip two new classrooms due to the increasing demand. For this, the school needs financial support totalling 9,000 euros.

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Argentina: Kyringue'i Aty ñeovanga kindergarten

In the middle of the Argentinian jungle, in the indigenous community of Ñamandu, a small kindergarten was established in 2016. There the mornings are spent according to the methods of Waldorf education and the culture of the Mbya.

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