Friends of Waldorf Education (Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiners e.V.) support initiatives for a free education world-wide. We have actively promoted Waldorf education and freedom within the education system since 1971.

We provide international voluntary services for people...
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Friends of Waldorf Education (Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiners e.V.) support initiatives for a free education world-wide. We have actively promoted Waldorf education and freedom within the education system since 1971.

We provide international voluntary services for people from outside Germany in germany and for german volunteers all around the world. We support Waldorf kindergartens, Waldorf schools, other educational initiatives, curative education and social therapeutic institutions as well social work projects.

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From our Berlin office we have contacts all over the world and support Waldorf schools and other initiatives in around 70 countries. We report on the world wide movement in our newsletters and through this website. We facilitate individual sponsorships and arrange advisory visits and much...
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From our Berlin office we have contacts all over the world and support Waldorf schools and other initiatives in around 70 countries. We report on the world wide movement in our newsletters and through this website. We facilitate individual sponsorships and arrange advisory visits and much besides. Our voluntary co-workers coordinate projects that are co-financed by the state.

In our office in Karlsruhe 20 co-worker organise the voluntary service programs by which young people can carry out a voluntary year or work placement abroad.




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We provide social voluntary services for people from all around the worls in Germany.
To stay one year as a volunteer in Germany, work in a curative education centre, live together with the people there and doing so gain experiences, in short: to complete a voluntary service. This...
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We provide social voluntary services for people from all around the worls in Germany.
To stay one year as a volunteer in Germany, work in a curative education centre, live together with the people there and doing so gain experiences, in short: to complete a voluntary service. This opportunity is offered through the international voluntary service scheme of our association ‚Friends of Waldorf Education‘. The voluntary services within the international voluntary service scheme of the “Friends of Waldorf Education” are principally open to all people whose permanent residence is located outside of Germany. They have to be willing to engage with mutual differences, to gain experiences, to learn during their service and who bring along a strong motivation for voluntary work, and are ready to share their life in a social community.

A special education or other formal qualification is no precondition (with exeption of Waldorf schools and Waldorf kindergartens: in these host projects normaly only people with pedagogical experience or former Waldorf students are placed). It does not matter if someone just has left school, has already finished a study or vocational training or stays already for a longer time in employment.

All applicants, who have no practical experiences in the work with disabled or old people have to complete a short work experience (at least one week) in an according institution in their home country. This enables the applicants to better decide about weather this is the suitable work for themselfes. The work experience can as well be completed after sending in the application. The “Friends of Waldorf Education” can assist by providing contact addresses of appropriate institutions.

The minimum age for participants of the voluntary service is 18. An age limit does not exist. Some host organizations, however, have determined age limits.

Experience shows that the ability to communicate in German is an important condition for the success of the voluntary service. Basic knowledge of German is therefore a precondition. The requirements differ according to the host projects. The language knowledge should be proven by certififcates or in other appropriate ways if possible. In addition the willingness to improve ones knowledge of the German language before and during the voluntary service is assumed.
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