Around 53% of children in low-and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school.
World Bank 2019a
Globally 63 million girls and 97 million boys were in child labour at the beginning of 2020.
Unicef and ILO 2020
Globally, 1 in 5 women 20 to 24 years of age were married in childhood.
UN SDG Snapshot 2020
Our teams in India, Zambia and Nepal travel to some of the most remote areas, where schools are poor and under-resourced.
Here, we work with the communities to select the brightest children at age ten, choosing at least two girls for each boy. We identify those who excel in the areas of emotional intelligence and academic performance. We choose these children for their potential to become role models and changemakers in their communities.
With the support and encouragement of their families, we offer these children the opportunity to join our programme and move to one of the Pestalozzi Villages.
At the Pestalozzi Villages, pupils aged 10-18 are supported in their journey to adulthood through our Head, Heart and Hands approach, by a community of experts, volunteers and former students.
They receive an excellent education at high quality local schools, live in a conducive environment for learning and receive additional academic support from staff and peers.
They live in a nurturing environment with child-centred care promoting their emotional wellbeing, motivating them to take care of others and inspiring their ambition.
Through volunteering locally in their communities they learn the value of giving back to those who are less fortunate.
They learn practical life skills. Children grow food and take pride in keeping their village clean and tidy. They learn crafts to develop skills they can use in future life.
The multi-cultural environment they live in teaches them to be respectful and inclusive.
When our children leave us at 18 they are fully equipped with a high quality education, exceptionally high grades, life skills and values to sustain them for their futures. They then go on to access university education, supporting themselves.
Our monitoring demonstrates that our Alumni are becoming a new generation of teachers, health professionals, entrepreneurs, aid workers and leaders who are equipped with the tools they need to change the world, together.
We support our Alumni to stay connected with Pestalozzi World and each other even after graduation, and provide them with opportunities for mentoring, volunteering and career advice.
Our Alumni soon become role models in their communities, often actively trying to bring about social change, and true ambassadors for the Pestalozzi values and the new generation of change-makers.
Our teams are always looking for innovative ways to share the Pestalozzi values with more communities.
Edulution is one of the outreach programmes we support.
Edulution is a social enterprise partially funded by Pestalozzi World, running tablet-based educational programmes for children living in some of the most remote areas of Zambia, including refugee camps. Solar units entirely power the tablets.
Each year, thousands of children improve their reading, writing and math skills through Edulution.
Pestalozzi World supports 4300 children through our outreach programme each year.
As our students graduate and begin their careers, entire communities benefit from their support.
60% of whom already hold a university or college qualification. Many more will soon graduate.
88% of our Alumni have remained in their country of origin, contributing back to their communities. While 9% are studying overseas on scholarships.
by falling into at least one of these three categories: working in careers of public service, volunteering in community programmes, or supporting family.
Pestalozzi World is a family of nonprofit organisations that provides exceptional children from some of the poorest communities in Africa and Asia a unique education that produces young adults capable of changing the world.
Pestalozzi World Children’s Trust, UK registered charity number 1172364 | Pestalozzi US Children’s Charity Inc., US registered E.I. Number 04-3407363 |Pestalozzi Overseas Children’s Foundation, Swiss registered charity number CH-020.7.001.633-9
Pestalozzi World Children’s Trust
F8 Worth Corner Business Centre
Turners Hill Road, Pound Hill
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH10 7SL
Pestalozzi World is a family of nonprofit organisations that provides exceptional children from some of the poorest communities in Africa and Asia a unique education that produces young adults capable of changing the world.
Pestalozzi World Children’s Trust, UK registered charity number 1172364 | Pestalozzi US Children’s Charity Inc., US registered E.I. Number 04-3407363 |Pestalozzi Overseas Children’s Foundation, Swiss registered charity number CH-020.7.001.633-9
Pestalozzi World UK
Unit A6 Worth Corner Business Park
Crawley
RH10 7SL
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