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Guatemala
Living a culture of peace to overcome civil war and violence
El Salvador
Supporting the transition from primary school to work life.
Honduras
Innovative school projects in rural areas.
Ethiopia
Alternative education centres in rural areas enable girls in particular to attend school and receive an education.
Tanzania
Alternative education centres for children who live and work on the streets.
Eritrea
Parents plan new school projects, run local schools and negotiate with government authorities and the Ministry of Education.
Switzerland
The Children's Village and its activity areas intercultural living, intercultural exchange and intercultural education: Here, adolescents from projects in South Eastern Europe, pupils from Swiss school classes and children and young people living in the Children’s Village come together.
Serbia
Strengthening young adults to enable them to help build a democratic society.
Macedonia
Intercultural youth work in a country torn apart.
Moldova
Intercultural dialogue
Burma / Myanmar
Training of local teachers and child-friendly school classes.
Laos
Integrate local knowledge into curricula in order to help preserve traditional skills.
Thailand
Education for ethnic minoritites in mother tongue.
Education is a key factor in the battle against poverty
"My parents are illiterate. Whenever they needed someone to read or write a letter for them they had to pay. Asking someone to do this was a big problem for them because they never knew whether their message was properly expressed or the letter properly read. Above all, it was a problem because they had to share their secrets with an outsider and, of course, because they had to pay. Today, as I am able to help them, my parents remember those days as days of eyelessness. Today I am the eye for my family."
Being able to read and write has transformed the role of this Ethiopian girl, today she enjoys a different status in her family and in society. Just like any other project supported by the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation, the project she benefits from helps improve lives of children, adolescents and their families in a sustainable manner.
Children's rights and interculturality
Our activities in the field of development cooperation are based on human rights and children’s rights. They are carried out in partnership with the people concerned and are aimed at strengthening local knowledge and self-responsibility. 
Rights of the Child
In all our actions we strive to enable children, adolescents and adults to exercise active responsibility for their lives and to take a stand for more justice, gender equality, tolerance and equal opportunities in their area.
Good quality teaching
Good quality education is important to us. Good quality teaching is not only geared to bringing about good results in reading, writing and counting. It also strives to convey values, knowledge and skills that are indispensable to master the challenges in one’s immediate environment and in the increasingly globalised world.
The Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation trains teachers in a way that equips them to provide high quality teaching even under difficult circumstances, for example when classes are large and teaching materials scarce. Promoting each child’s abilities is an important aspect of their work. Our projects adapt curricula to local needs and include specific subjects relating to the promotion of peaceful coexistence such as local culture, intercultural communication and the rights of the child.
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