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' Pestalozzi Children’s Village ') is a non-profit organization located in Trogen, Canton Appenzell. It was named after the Swiss education pioneer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Established in 1945, the Stiftung Kinderdorf Pestalozzi provides the Kinderdorf village for war-affected children from all over the world.
The Pestalozzi Children's Village (German: Kinderdorf Pestalozzi) was established in Trogen, Switzerland, in 1946, after the Second World War, to accommodate and educate children from both sides of the war. [3] The concept soon spread to other countries, and in the UK the Pestalozzi Children Village was opened.
Give Kids The World Village is an 89-acre nonprofit resort in Kissimmee, Florida that provides critically ill children and their families with week-long wish vacations at no cost. Half of all critically ill children eligible for a wish choose to visit Central Florida and its theme parks. Give Kids The World aims to fulfill that wish, providing ...
Children at SOS Children's Villages in Kandalaksha in Russia. The Second World War resulted in many children becoming homeless and orphaned. Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986), who himself participated in the war as an Austrian soldier, founded the first SOS Children's Village in Imst in the Austrian Federal State of Tyrol in 1949 together with Maria Hofer, Josef Jestl, Ludwig ...
More than 50 villages from places as diverse as China, Peru, and Italy have been chosen by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
World village, an alternate name for the term "global village" World Village, full name Harmonia Mundi - World Village, a world music international record label; World Village Festival, annual music festival in Helsinki, Finland; Give Kids The World Village, nonprofit resort in Kissimmee, Florida for children with life-threatening illnesses and ...
Many American children, for example, are known to leave milk, cookies, and the occasional reindeer-friendly snack, such as a carrot, but it's common for kids to leave Santa Claus a stronger drink ...
CISV International (formerly Children's International Summer Villages) is an international non-governmental organisation based in England that hosts camp-based programmes and events for children that aim to promote hands-on learning and intercultural friendships with a focus on peace education. [2]