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Since 1994 the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE), together with the Friends of Waldorf Education, have been promoting and encouraging the Waldorf One World (WOW) Day activities in Waldorf schools throughout Europe and Germany to raise funds for the development of Waldorf education all over the world. Until now pupils have raised up to a 1.5 million Euros and supported Waldorf initiatives working mostly with disadvantaged children worldwide. Almost all Waldorf initiatives worldwide do not receive any kind of support from the government. In many cases, parents are not able to pay the tuition or the school/ kindergarten do not have the financial resources for investments necessary to both running the school and for providing a meal for the children.

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Dear Friends,
 
This is a special issue to highlight a very unique event, called Focus, that will be taking place in April in Dornach, Switzerland at the Goetheanum. This gathering is sponsored by the the Anthroposophical Society's Youth Section, but is open to all people, of all ages, to bring their passions, their interests, and their questions into a community-held conversation.

The WeStrive Leadership Council thought that this event was so unique, that we've asked to print a special issue all about Focus, and HeartChord (a music festival that will immediately follow Focus). These kinds of gatherings are at the heart of what WeStrive supports, in how they foster community, evoke dialogue and facilitate the growth of questions that seek to further understand the world we live in today, and the ways in which we live in it. Read more »