Our project is educational and strives to offer a way of learning where the focus is on the capacity of learning to do, feel and think. We want our children to learn to bake bre...
Our project is educational and strives to offer a way of learning where the focus is on the capacity of learning to do, feel and think. We want our children to learn to bake bread, plant a tree and to play a lot. We want them to be able to wonder at nature, life and the universe. To be able to build thoughts by their own capacity of imagination and observation of the world.
And we want this for everyone! 
Playground of Caracol ao Sol
So we created a non-profit association Caracol ao Sol. A pedagogical and cultural association, located in the Beira region in central Portugal. Here we organize pedagogical activities for children aged 2 to 6 years old, that are based on the Waldorf pedagogy. We started out with only 6 children and have now reached the number of 8. This is however still not enough for our association to cover all expenses.
There is a big community of Portuguese and foreign people that are aware of the change that the world needs and that have chosen a life closer to nature. They cultivate, build their own houses and live with very little money. As a result the difficulty to sustain a project like ours arises, and being part of the community, we want to embrace this. These families have difficulty in paying a monthly fee for their children (which in private schools of Portugal is normal), and we know this. Herefor we have monthly fees that are considerably low. We also want to include those who cannot afford our fees and for this reason we have two places for families in these conditions. Both are taken already. With these fees we make the money that enters the association, the rest of our costs are being payed by donations, by our participation in local fares and by much dedication and creativity created amongst us.
Because we believe that our most elevated goal is "to promote the development of free human beings, able to give direction and meaning to their lives" ( Rudolf Steiner – founder of the Waldorf pedagogy ), we are entirely dedicated to this cause.
Because we believe this project will bring about a real change in the lives of children and their families, bring goodness to the world and will result in a change in the society of the future. We believe we can become a source of inspiration for many others that will venture and work towards a co-creation in the communities they live in. Because we include all community, from the smallest to the biggest and without the parents we would not exist. Because we are a project that works together for the same goal!
We are a peoples project! For all these reasons, we need all support we can get, and yours as well!
The building of our school
We started our Project in a room of the old primary school of Barril de Alva. We need to improve several things like: the tile floor, which is cold and dangerous for children this age. We cover the floor as much as we can with carpets and rugs this way offering more safety and heat this way. Knowing all this we want to put in a wooden floor. A warm, and natural material that will offer the children to play freely, relax, creating a cosy environment. Pedagogy wise the wood is also the best material for a floor.
This is the main reason we are asking for your help! To put in this new floor we only need the materials: pinewood, nails, linseed oil and ecological varnish. The actual putting in will be done by the parents themselves so we save the money of labour.
Because we love to celebrate life and all good that it brings us, we will organise a public celebration of our improved classroom, where all donators are invited.
We count with you!
Caracol ao Sol
Conseguimos!
Falta um pouco mais de 6 horas para terminar a nossa campanha de angariação de fundos pela plataforma PPL.
Graças a muitos de vocês que quiseram nos apoiar conseguimos atingir e ultrapassar o valor pedido.
Estamos todos muito felizes...
Mantenham-se por perto, que vamos mantê-los informados...
Um abraço,
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