Three questions for Haregewein Ashenafi
Haregewein Ashenafi is the managing director of the local partner organisation ECD, with which we have been working since August 2019. In this interview, she explains how the Ethiopian organisation has developed during this time and what role SKP has played in this.
From ‘I’ to ‘We’: Young people blend alphabets
Eight symbols that have never existed before: at the Landsgemeindeplatz in Trogen, the exhibition ‘i›we‹i – between two alphabets’, which opened on 12 September 2026, shows what happens when young people combine two alphabets to create a single new symbol.
Significant progress in strengthening child protection
The national cross-sectoral mechanism for protecting children from violence in the school environment strengthens child protection in schools through coordinated measures taken by various state and civil society actors.
Standards for inclusive education officially enshrined
The inclusion of children with special educational needs. That is the overarching aim of our project in North Macedonia.
Improving educational opportunities through targeted learning support
For the past six years, we have been working closely with our local partner organisation, the Centre for Interactive Pedagogy in Serbia, to specifically prevent and reduce the segregation of Roma children.
Your class is going on air to promote human rights
What does it mean to live with dignity and freedom? Which rights are particularly important for children and young people? To mark Human Rights Day 2026, the mobile radio unit will be visiting your school, giving young people the chance to confidently share their thoughts, questions and concerns on air.
Papa Moll wows the crowd at the summer festival
On 22 August, around 2,000 guests celebrated the summer party marking the 80th anniversary with Papa Moll, Andrew Bond, YESHE and the Goofechörli Gonten. Right at the heart of it all: Papa Moll with his new book *Papa Moll in the Children’s Village*.
No weakening of the fight against poverty
More than 140 prominent figures from the worlds of politics, academia, business, the church and civil society have addressed an open letter to the Federal Council, calling for strong international cooperation. The Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation also supports this cause. Our Foundation Board Chair, Rosmarie Quadranti-Stahel, is one of the signatories to the letter.
Mobile learning project for Hadzabe children in Tanzania wins award
The Tanzanian organisation Community Aid and Social Education Empowerment (CASEE) has won the Pestalozzi Children’s Village Foundation’s Innovation Fund 2026. Through its project ‘Mobile Bridge Learning for Hadzabe Children’, it aims to open up new ways of learning for children from the Hadzabe community and make it easier for them to attend school.