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Switzerland's largest educational meeting place - Swissdidac - is history. For three days, one highlight followed another. Our radio bus and the children and young people who put life into our bus and our stand took centre stage.

In collaboration with three other organisations, the Pestalozzi Children's Village has developed educational teaching material for schools on children's rights with a focus on a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment". It is now available for download.

Marianne Nitsche was twice in an exchange project in the Pestalozzi Children's Village as a child. Today she is a teacher and is in Trogen with her class for a theme project week.

Yong Lee belongs to an ethnic minority in Laos. Also, she is extremely proficient in Lao, the country’s official language. Her inspiring story highlights how our education project can improve the prospects for minorities in Laos.

In autumn we started a new project in North Macedonia. Together with our partner organisation "Coalition of youth organisations SEGA", we are working to prevent violence in primary and secondary schools.

Visit us at the largest education fair in Switzerland. We will be at Swissdidac in Bern from 21 to 23 November 2023.

At the European Youth Forum Trogen (EYFT), 100 young people from ten different countries have an unforgettable experience together in the Pestalozzi Children's Village: for a good week they deal intensively with the topic "Future Of Europe".

Due to the severe weather warnings, the Charity Tavolata took place this time in the school building in the Pestalozzi Children's Village. Despite the rain, the mood was high and the guests enjoyed fantastic vegetarian dishes made from surplus groceries.

At this year's summer camp "Rebels for Peace", which was dedicated to peace, 129 young people from 7 countries exchanged views on the subject of peace in five different workshops.