Your donations provide scholarships for poor children in poor countries.
Information on 2008 Reunion is here.
Newsletter April 2008 Access pages here. Includes 2007 Annual Review, Yearbook Photos and other news.
Vacancy for House Mother in Kasisi, Zambia (description .pdf)
Pestalozzi Asian Children's Village - an exciting new chapter! Please download the latest brochure on the Asian Village here. (pdf 0.5 MB)
The
PestalozziWorld website has been designed by Pestalozzi Overseas to explain
how
a few people can make a big difference!
The Problem
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Desperate poverty in areas of rural Asia and Africa.
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Emergency relief does not tackle long term problems.
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Communities are locked in a cycle of poverty and dependency.
The Solution
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Support education for especially bright children in these communities.
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A broad and practical education develops well balanced, responsible adults.
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These adults then pass on their new skills to the rest of the community and establish their own Pestalozzi Foundations.
Please
browse this site to learn more about us,
our work in Africa
and Asia and the Pestalozzi method
of education ("head, heart and hands"). Please contact
us if you have questions. Thank you.
PestalozziWorld
Johann Pestalozzi was one of the founders of modern educational methods. His name appears on many educational institutions throughout the world. For example, he inspired the establishment of a village for refugees in Switzerland after the Second World War. This along with a second village in England was later opened to underprivileged children from developing countries. There are also other groups trying to help children help themselves - please follow the links here to find out more about them.
Over the last 15 years three specific trusts have been established under the Pestalozzi Overseas banner - Pestalozzi Overseas Children's Trust (POCT) in the UK, Pestalozzi US Children's Charity Inc. (PUSCCI) in the US and POCT Ireland. The trusts sponsor the secondary education of particularly talented, but underprivileged children. These, together with Foundations established in the countries of Africa and Asia (by former beneficiaries who want to help others), make up the overseas organisation and are the principal focus of this website.
PestalozziWorld
educating children for a better life
updated November 2007
Pestalozzi Overseas Children's Trust (POCT) |
Pestalozzi US Children's Charity Inc. (PUSCCI) |
POCT Ireland Ltd |