Building Climate-Resilient Education Together
How can schools better prepare children and communities for the increasing effects of climate change? This question was the focus of a national workshop organised by the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation (SKP) in Ethiopia.
80 years: Children's Village celebrates anniversary and reopening of the founding houses
The Pestalozzi Children's Village celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2026. On the founding day, 28 April, numerous guests from politics, business and the public attended the anniversary event in Trogen.
Open youth work has a new look
The open youth work centres in Heiden and Trogen-Wald-Rehetobel have a new look. The look is new, while the work with young people remains unchanged.
Experience democracy together
How do you learn democracy - not as a theory, but as a lived experience? Employees of the Pestalozzi Children's Village have contributed to a new publication that explores precisely this question.
Our annual report 2025
Over 320,000 children and young people benefited from access to high-quality education and additional learning opportunities last year. You can find out more about our work and its impact in the Annual Report 2025.
'It's also about our future'
Around 50 children from German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland took their demands to the place where decisions are made: the Federal Parliament. As part of the 2026 National Children's Conference, they met three members of the National Council and took the opportunity to put forward their demands.
Now children speak
How do children experience their rights and what would they like to change in this context? At the Children's Conference 2026 in the Pestalozzi Children's Village, around 40 children from all over Switzerland explored precisely these questions. Over the course of four days, they explored their rights, discussed their views and developed concrete demands for society and politics.
Europe meets in Trogen
What happens when 150 young people from ten countries meet for eight days in the Children's Village to discuss topics that concern young people in Europe? A look back at the European Youth Forum Trogen and the Youth Worker Forum 2026.
Locally owned, globally backed - A Manifesto for Locally Led Action
In the 1960s, "experts" and cows were still being sent to Rwanda in order to intensify agriculture. Today, however, being geared towards local needs is part of the self-concept of international cooperation (IC). Yet many stumbling blocks remain. Together, more than 40 Swiss NGOs have therefore drawn up a manifesto. It is a call to joint action in pursuit of equitable partnerships.