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We make it possible for disadvantaged children to attend school regularly and promote tolerance and mutual understanding.

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The Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation is an international child welfare organisation that has been working to support children and youths since 1946.

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We’re recruiting new members

We are currently recruiting in Avenches, Corcelles-pres-Payerne, Jorat.-Methue, Montanaire, Montillez and Poliez-Pittet.

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Annual report 2019: South‑East Asia

Where political achievements are concerned, expectation and disappointment often go hand in hand. In Laos, a lot of hope has been placed in the development of the education sector initiated by the government, but in Thailand people are disillusioned because the new government has not brought about any changes.

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Jahresbericht 2019: Südosteuropa

The political climate is having a direct impact on the Foundation’s work. While North Macedonia’s strategy of moving towards a united society is in keeping with our project interventions, opaque processes in Serbia and the change of government in Moldova are creating uncertainty.

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Annual report 2019: East Africa

Tanzania, Ethiopia and Mozambique ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the early 1990s. To mark its 30th anniversary, activities focussing on this issue took place in each of these countries.

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Annual report 2019: Central America

The people of Honduras are not happy. Last year, this discontent prompted thousands of people to take to the streets and demonstrate. The protests were aimed at President Juan Orlando Hernández.

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Annual report 2019

In 2019 we helped 220 089 children and youths around the world with our projects.

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An entire school year group declares war on racism

The Lindenbüel School in Volketswil is breaking new ground: for the first time, an entire year group is addressing the various aspects of peaceful coexistence in the Pestalozzi Children’s Village, thereby sending out a strong message against racism in school life.

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Children at the Erlimatt School find out more about radio and rights

From 20th to 30th November 2019, the powerup_radio project run by the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation went on a children’s rights tour with its Livezeit competition. Before it began, the foundation drew lots to decide who would be able to take part in this radio project for free. One of the twelve winners was the Erlimatt School in Pratteln in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

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