Break the Cycle of Poverty
Create the Circle of Success
We enable education for poor children in poor countries. The education
develops "hands, heads and hearts" - teaching practical skills, technical
knowledge and empathy and ethics or "how to be a good citizen".
Children come from very poor, mostly rural families, and from amongst
the brightest students so that they will have a real chance of succeeding.
The children are selected on the basis of two girls for every one boy
to try to redress the traditional imbalance.
Donations are used to provide scholarships to poor children aged between
8 and 18 allowing them to attend school. Without the scholarship their
families are unable to send them to school and the alternative is usually
to work as labourers, or early marriage for girls.
The children are selected on the basis of ability as well as
need. Many
scholars excel and are able to obtain further scholarships to
attend university and obtain professional qualifications. Our scholars
graduate
with secondary education diplomas, a range of practical skills
that they
can apply in their communities and the benefit of a nurturing
PestalozziWorld
experience which has taught them to care for others. They are
then in
a good position to help the communities and countries from which
they
originated. Generally scholars remain in their own
countries, able
to support themselves and their families and also make an
effective contribution
to the development of their communities and countries.
Crucial to our approach is the Circle of Success, whereby alumni set
up foundations in
their own countries and help educate new generations of disadvantaged
children.
It
costs us about $1,200 or € 1,000 each year to house and educate each of
our children. All of your donations go directly to helping
children. We have a zero administration cost policy. All administration
costs are paid by Trustees or special donors who have specifically
donated funds for administration, so that every penny we receive in donations goes towards
educating the children. 
PestalozziWorld, established in 1995 (as Pestalozzi Overseas Children’s
Trust) includes: International Villages
in India and Zambia; Hostels and Skills Centres; fundraising organisations in the United States, UK, Switzerland
and Ireland; and Alumni groups for Indians, Malawians, Nepalese, Thais,
Tibetans and Zambians. Please support these children with your donation. This
page gives details of how you can contribute. Thank you.
You can read more about the work we do in the pages About
Us (which outline our history and organisation) and Circles
of Success (which tell about our scholars, projects and foundations).
Videos of our work: video
1 (97 MB, 8 minutes, avi format), video
2 (167 MB, 14 minutes, avi format), video
3 (160 MB, 11 minutes, avi format). You may need special audio video
codecs to play these files on your computer. If you would like a DVD for
use in a DVD player, please contact us. Thank
you.
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