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Individual Sovereignty as a Path to African Self-Reliance

Individual Sovereignty as a Path to African Self-Reliance

A friend of mine summarised what this speech is about, so warmly and generously. So I will let her words introduce this video: "Maaianne Knuth gave this inspiring lovely speech on a Biodynamic congress in Switzerland. She vibrates in such a natural powerful way that inspires and invites all of us to stand up and be courageous in our ordinary extraordinary ways. Please sit down and listen till the end, she completes her message with a song directly from her heart to yours. She

On the way to becoming a fully qualified Waldorf teacher

On the way to becoming a fully qualified Waldorf teacher

Obtaining my teaching certificate and honors degree was a great achievement for me. Little did I know that fate had bigger things for me. The Waldorf calling started, when I left Zimbabwe for South Africa due to economic hardship. I got a job at Hermanus Waldorf School in the Cape Province. I had two very excellent mentors Louise Oberholzer and Marrian Penfold. I received a lot of in-house mentorship which greatly helped me to have an insight into the Waldorf methodology of t

2019 School Update

2019 School Update

2019 has been a good year for our school. Our new classroom block has been progressing well and is almost entirely completed. It will be taken into use during the third term of the year, a beautiful bright and spacious classroom block. It was made possible due to generous support and funding from many friends abroad, including Mahle, Freunde, Acaccia and Simba Kufunda. This was also the year that Kufunda began to learn and practice biodynamic farming. A workshop in April with

Class Updates

Class Updates

Kindergarten School starts at 8. From 8-9 our children do free play. From 9-10 its morning ring time. This term we taught the children three new songs as well as new games. The children really enjoyed the song in Swahili, which is a language they were hearing for the first time. They also did a lot of rhymes and rhythmic clapping games which helps them with the rhythm of life. As regards our rhythm: On Mondays from after break they do finger knitting, a lot of children enjoy

A School festival with a difference

A School festival with a difference

On the night of 26th of July Kufunda school held our termly school festival, the title being St Johns. We had forty-three parents who braved the chilly weather to support their children and the school. Coming onto the stage, the class fours led the other classes singing “I will go with my lantern” while holding colourful and beautiful lanterns that they had made themselves. Kindergarten pupils entered last enter all dressed like angels. We had our welcome speech by Mrs M

A Milestone Year for Kufunda Village School

A Milestone Year for Kufunda Village School

2017 saw a big milestone as we set out to build our own school at Kufunda, after several years of being in collaboration with a school in Harare town. Out of this came a deeper sense of ownership and collaboration between Kufunda Village and the school. During the holiday between first and second term, a lot of effort was put into preparing the different classrooms for Kindergarten, Grade Zeros and the Primary School. The new space for the Primary School is in an ecological

Then you can build a rocket-ship...

Then you can build a rocket-ship...

"If you've had the experience of binding a book, knitting a sock, playing a recorder, then you feel that you can build a rocket ship-or learn a software program you've never touched. It's not bravado, just a quiet confidence. There is nothing you can't do. Why couldn't you? Why couldn't anybody?" Peter Nitze, Waldorf and Harvard graduate, and Director of an aerospace company My children are in class 3 at Kufunda Village school. The third year is a particular hands-on year, as

Being a teacher in the Kufunda Waldorf Inspired School - Zimbabwe

Being a teacher in the Kufunda Waldorf Inspired School - Zimbabwe

Who am I ? I am Dorothee, 18 years old and I grew up in Belgium. In June 2017 I graduated from the Waldorf School in Leuven. I had the luck to go to this Waldorf School, from Kindergarden to Primary School and finally graduate from its Secondary School. I decided to take a gap year with the idea of giving back to the world, helping others. I also wanted to go to different places in the world. A year of helping, learning, discovering, travelling, volunteering, enjoying... My f

Kufunda Village School - Setting out on our own

Kufunda Village School - Setting out on our own

This is the first term Kufunda Village School is operating on its own. It has been a big shift, which has placed greater demands on us, but which has also brought much energy as we have worked together to live up to what is needed. During the holidays and at the beginning of the term the whole village has been coming together to prepare the school for the children. We now have new spaces for the primary school, the kindergarten and the grade zero (pre-school class). All the

Waldorf in rural Zimbabwe

Waldorf in rural Zimbabwe

Since 2012, I and my friends have supported the Waldorf movement in Zimbabwe and in 2014 we had the chance to found a german association called “Simba Kufunda e.V.”. Through this association, we have been working with the Waldorf movement in Zimbabwe. I joined my mother Johanna for a series of visits to preschools in Zimbabwe in July of this year. I was there for the one week workshop at Kufunda in August. It created the request of the kindergarten teachers for a follow up vi

A week at Nyeredzi Waldorf school in Harare

A week at Nyeredzi Waldorf school in Harare

My two children have been for 1 week in Nyeredzi Waldorfschool because we, the parents have been attending a workshop in Harare. We knew already the Waldorfschool system from Europe. From the moment my daughter walked in to the nice small school she said to me:“ it look likes her old school in Switzerland“, the nice colourful paintings on the wall, the season table whit things how are found in the nature and the peaceful ambience. The teachers and the children where very help

A New Experience of School

A New Experience of School

I see great change in my kids since beginning in Nyeredzi School. Kudzi my oldest, began his schooling at a formal school. He was having many challenges at school and didn’t enjoy going at all. As a mother I noticed that the school dimension was separate and far from the education at home. At home Kudzie was complaining about what was happening in the school. He is someone who is playful. There was a lot of discipline at School and the two things were not matching and wer

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