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Nhimbe Magaya Preschool

Location: Magaya, Zimbabwe

Website: www.sundborn.org/nhimbe.htm
Program Established: 2001
# of Children: 80Ages Served: 3-6
Immediate Needs:

As materials have to be hand-carried to Zimbabwe, financial donations are requested:

  1. $250 will feed the children a daily snack.
  2. $35 to sponsor a preschool or special needs child to attend school for a year.
  3. $25 allows a sick child to receive health care in the clinic.
  4. $15 pays for an orchard tree that will yield much needed food or plants and seeds for the children's garden.
  5. $100 towards the cost of chalkboards, woven mats and books written in Shona, the indigenous language.

Contact Person: Karen Madsen-Barton
Contact Information: NhimbeSchool@sundborn.org

The Nhimbe Magaya Preschool is a project inspired by Karen Madsen-Barton. It began through a connection to the world of Zimbabwean music, in particular Dumisani Maraire who brought Shona music to the west coast of North America. After he passed on, Jaiaen Beck of Ancient Ways traveled to Zimbabwe and with the village headman, Cosmos Magaya, began a development and sustainability project to serve 7 villages in a rural community. Karen asked if they had any interest in a school for their 3 to 6 year olds and the answer was a resounding YES.

In 2001 the parents of the Oregon Sundborn Children's House under the guidance of Karen, the Director, funded the construction of a school building in Mhondoro. For these villages, it is the first indigenous preschool and enjoys widespread community support.

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The Olive Branch for Children
Deborah’s Montessori School

Location: Mbeya, Tanzania

Website: www.theolivebranchforchildren.org
Program Established: 2005
# of Children: 20 Ages Served: 2 ½ - 8 years old
Immediate Needs:
  1. Funds to provide the children with a daily nutritious snack and main meal.
  2. Donations to cover the cost of transportation for children not living at the orphanage.
  3. Educational materials including Montessori writing and reading supplies, chalk boards and woven mats.
  4. Operating funds to provide children with uniforms and shoes.
  5. Establish a General Fund to be used where the need is greatest; for example to give medicine to ill children whose families cannot afford medical care.

Contact Person: Ginette McCracken
Contact Information: info@theolivebranchforchildren.org

In 2005 Deborah McCracken founded the Olive Branch for Children to provide relief for orphans in the Mbeya region of Tanzania who were born with AIDS or HIV or whose parents have died or suffered from AIDS. In addition to providing life-saving medical care to the communities and developing self-sustainability projects, one of the major objectives is to improve the education of Tanzanian children through the Montessori initiative. Thus, Deborah’s Montessori School was created to serve both the children at the orphanage and those from surrounding villages.

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asia




The House of Flowers

Location: Kabul, Afghanistan

Website: www.mepoonline.org
Program Established: 2002
# of Children: 28Ages Served: 6-13
Immediate Needs:
  1. Operating Funds for basics such as food, shoes, clothing, building costs, etc.
  2. Program Funds to allow for Going Out experiences.
  3. Elementary Montessori materials
  4. Art supplies and indoor and outdoor educational games for 6 – 12 year olds.
  5. Ideas and suggestions for projects that would stimulate and inspire teachers given the very limited resources.

Contact Person: Allison Lide
Contact Information: mepo.hope@gmail.com

The House of Flowers is a Montessori-based orphanage and school, a small oasis in the rough and often child-unfriendly environment of Afghanistan. It was founded by a small non-profit organization, MEPO, (Medical, Educational and Peace Organization) in 2002. Its founders, Allison Lide and Mostafa Vaziri, knew that children coming from such decimating backgrounds were most needful of the soul-strengthening effects of a Montessori environment.....

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Khom Loy Montessori Programme

Location: Chiang Rai, Thailand

Website: www.khomloy.org
Program Established: May 2004
# of Children: 600+ Ages Served: 4-6
Immediate Needs:

  1. Donations to support the costs of teacher trainers.
  2. Funds to convert child care centres to Montessori
    classrooms.
  3. Donations to purchase materials.
  4. Used materials in good condition.
  5. Trained Montessori volunteers.

Volunteer Support: Yes

Contact Person: Paul Hancock
Contact Information: Paul Hancock pmchancock@gmail.com

Paul Hancock and Patricia Solar started the Khom Loy project in 2002. They created the Khom Loy Development Foundation to work with the Burmese refugee and ethnic minority hilltribes of Northern Thailand to find innovative ways of dealing with social deprivation. Over the last 100 years, Burmese and ethnic minority tribal people have migrated to Chiang Rai province, in the North of Thailand, to escape war, hardship and military dictatorship in neighbouring areas. The current population is estimated at over 550,000 in Thailand alone. In addition to the Burmese refugees there are 6 separate tribes: Akha, Karen, Lahu, Mien, Lisu, and Hmong. All are originally from different regions, and all have their own individual cultures and traditions. None of their languages stem from the same group as Thai.

The Khom Loy Montessori Programme was started in 2004 with the aim of converting rural daycare centres into Montessori based classrooms. The introduction of Montessori has given these refugee and ethnic minority children a much richer educational experience as well as an opportunity to learn to speak Thai and begin the foundations of reading and writing in preparation for full-time schooling at the age of 6. In addition to developing academic and social skills they also discover the joys of community.

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Asha Mahatma Gandhi-Montessori Project

Location: Sevagram, India

Website:
Program Established: June 2006
# of Children: 35 Ages Served: 2.6-4

Immediate Needs:

  1. Funds to sponsor willing and able local  residents of the village to receive basic training in Montessori philosophy and pedagogy and if possible, AMI training.
  2. Donations to purchase Montessori materials.
  3. Used materials in good condition.
  4. Funds for child size furniture and shelving.
  5. Trained volunteers to support the project.

 

Contact Person: Grace Musumeci
Contact Information: grace_sevagram@yahoo.co.in
The Asha Mahatma Gandhi Project was started in June 2006 to serve the poorest young children in rural areas of India. The first Casa opened at the Gandhi Ashram with 20 children ages 2.6 to 3 years old. Another 20 students joined the class in 2007, including some with severe disabilities. Grace Musumeci, who founded this program, donates her time to guide the children as well as to train the local women to assist in the classroom.

Her hope is to help establish Montessori Casas in rural India, which means providing the basic materials – hopefully for local tradesmen to use as models to make themselves, and to train the local village women to become teachers.

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Sirjanaa Sansaar, A Montessori School

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal

Website:
Program Established: April 14, 2008
# of Children: 6 and growing Ages Served: 3-6
Immediate Needs:
  1. Funds for Scholarships
  2. Montessori math bead materials
  3. All the puzzle maps
  4. The globes
  5. Books (Picture books and ones with simple English)
Contact Person: Bhola Dhital, United States contact - Allison Lide
Contact Information: sirjanaasansaar@yahoo.com | allisonlide@yahoo.com
Throughout Kathmandu, Nepal, Montessori schools seem to be everywhere – but in fact they are rarely, if ever, truly Montessori. In addition, the name “Montessori” has become synonymous with “expensive” and these schools are only affordable to rich families. When Bhola Dhital, a very experienced Nepali educator, received his AMI primary diploma from Chennai in 2007, he returned to Kathmandu with a wish to establish a true Montessori environment based on his training. He hopes to provide the best education possible for the local children.

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TCV: Tibetan Children's Villages

Location: Dharamsala, India

Website: www.michaelolaf.net/motcvproject.html
Program Established: 1960
# of Children: 300 Ages Served: 3-6
Immediate Needs:

  1. Sponsor a child at US$50 per month
  2. Send donations towards the following projects:
    1. School Improvement
    2. Medical Fund
    3. General Fund - to be used where the need is the greatest
  3. Send used warm clothing for both children and adults.
  4. Sensorial Materials - particularly binomial and trinomial cubes, globes and puzzle maps.
  5. Language Materials - pictures for phonetic words and phonograms.

For information on how to send donations, click here.

Contact Person: Susan Stephenson
Contact Information: www.michaelolaf.net/motcvproject.html

From its humble beginning forty five years ago, Tibetan Children's Village has today become a thriving, integrated educational community for destitute Tibetan children in exile, as well as for hundreds of those escaping from Tibet in recent years. TCV schools have adopted the Montessori teaching of methodology which emphasizes the inner development of children...

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australia






Gamarada Redfern Montessori Learning Centre

Location: Redfern, New South Wales

Website: http://gamarada.net.au/
Program Established: 1998
# of Children: 20 Families Ages Served: Infants-6
Immediate Needs:
  1. Funding to secure a permanent space.
  2. Funds to cover the cost of rent and maintenance.
  3. Donations to upgrade the Montessori materials.
Contact Person: Megan Tyne, Executive Director MCF
Contact Information: montessorifoundation@bigpond.com
Redfern is home to an urban indigenous community. The community faces many challenges including drug and alcohol abuse, violence, rioting and social disadvantage. In 1998 Barbara Stephen established the Gamarada Redfern Montessori Learning Centre in an effort to support these disadvantaged children. She now lives with the locals and has the trust and respect of the Aboriginal community.


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Minimbah

Location: Armidale, New South Wales

Website: www.montessorifoundation.org
Program Established: May, 2006
# of Children: 20 Ages Served: 6-9
Immediate Needs:
  1. 1. Funding for training and mentoring staff.
  2. Donations to purchase Montessori Materials.
  3. Funds to expand the library.
Contact Person: Megan Tyne, Executive Director MCF
Contact Information: montessorifoundation@bigpond.com
Minimbah is an independent Indigenous school in Armidale, New South Wales that began as a pre-school in 1961. In May 2006, Peter Erskine, a Montessori teacher, worked closely with the school community to establish a Montessori elementary classroom. The purpose of Minimbah (which means a place of learning) is to give young students the opportunity to learn in a safe and stimulating multicultural environment.

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Wadja Wadja High School

Location: Woorabinda, Queensland

Website: www.montessorifoundation.org
Program Established: 2003
# of Children: 20 Ages Served: 13-15
Immediate Needs:
  1. Funding for ongoing training and mentoring staff.
  2. Donations to purchase materials.
  3. Funds to cover the cost of on-site consultations.
Contact Person: Megan Tyne, Executive Director MCF
Contact Information: montessorifoundation@bigpond.com
Wadja Wadja High School is an independent indigenous Montessori program in the remote community of Woorabinda, which has a population of approximately 1000 inhabitants. The Montessori teachers, Jenny and Joel Rioux, face many challenges but continue to invest in this new generation of children.

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europe






Casa Montessori

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Website:
Newsletters: Read Newsletter1 HERE, Read Newsletter 2 HERE
Program Established: September 2000
# of Children: 15Ages Served: 3-6
Immediate Needs:

  1. Financial donations to commence construction of a new Montessori School
  2. $ 500.00 to sponsor a special needs child to attend a class for a year
  3. Two complete sets of Sensorial and Mathematics Materials
  4. Furniture for the classroom
  5. Furniture for outdoor and a playground structure
Contact Person: Victoria Iliescu
Contact Information: viviliescu@yahoo.com

A Primary classroom called “Casa Montessori” was opened in Bucharest, Sector 4, in September 2000, by the “Copiii Lumii – Bal Jagat Children’s World Foundation”, a Romanian non profit organization.

The Foundation opened “Casa Montessori” in an orphanage where individualized education addressing each child’s potential was much needed. The initial target group was children from the orphanage “Sfantul Vasile”. The program proved to be very successful....

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north (& central) america




NRC Montessori Preschool

Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Website: www.nrccafe.org
Program Established: June 2006
# of Children: 16 Ages Served: 2-5

Immediate Needs:

  1. Donations to support operating costs.
  2. Montessori Materials – New or Used in Good Condition:
    a) Language cards and cursive moveable alphabet.
    b) Math materials – golden bead material and negative snake game.
    c) Geography – Landforms and cultural materials.
    d) Science materials, wooden trays, map stand and rug stand.
    e) Children's music
    f) Pre-school sized Bikes and Tricycles
    g) Sand toys, balls and bean bags for outdoor play
Contact Person: Annette Cousins, Co-Executive Director
Contact Information: annette@nrccafe.org

The NRC is a grassroots, non-profit organization located in the east end of Richmond, Virginia in a neighborhood called Greater Fulton Hill (GFH). The center was established to provide community members with a place to build relationships, access resources and develop skills to enhance their lives and determine the fate of their community. In an effort to provide the youngest citizens of this community with a healthy beginning, the NRC partnered with some local Montessorians to open a Montessori preschool in June 2006. The preschool is now a full-day program, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m, Monday thru Friday. The preschool offers a quality Montessori education on a sliding-scale basis; we believe it to be the first in the nation to do so.

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Otoch Paal Montessori Community Center

Location: Akumal, Q. Roo, Mexico

Website: No Website
Program Established: April 2004
# of Children: 70 Ages Served: 18 months-6 years
Immediate Needs:

  1. Funds to replace two roofs at a cost of USD 7500 each. Each roof, originally made out of palm, needs to be replaced with concrete to adhere to government regulations.
  2. New or used Montessori materials in good condition for the Children’s House. A second room was opened this year and it still lacks a complete set of materials.
  3. Monetary donations of any size to help cover the operating costs. As a non-profit, Otoch Paal does not generate sufficient funds to cover all of its expenses.
Contact Person: Gabriela Ortega
Contact Information: otochpaal@prodigy.net.mx


Otoch Paal Montessori Community Center is a labor of love designed to educate the indigenous children from the Mayan Riviera. Otoch Paal makes it possible for families with low incomes from the community of Akumal and neighboring areas to have high quality pre-school education for children ages 18 months to 6 years.

The school offers an authentic Montessori education, based on the philosophy, teachings and methods of Maria Montessori. The Community Centre currently has around 70 children in four environments, two for 18 month to 3 year olds and two for 3 – 6 year olds. Each environment is in the form of a palm shelter; the typical dwelling of the Mayan culture.

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Liberty Children's Home

Location: Belize, Central America

Website: www.libertyfoundation.org.uk
Program Established: July 2005
# of Children: 40 Ages Served: Birth-8
Immediate Needs:

  1. Financial Donations
  2. Dressing Frames
  3. Practical Life Equipment
  4. Metal Insets
  5. Color Box 1 & 2
  6. The Land and Water Globe
Contact Person: Marcelle Delahaye, Founder/Director
Contact Information: mdelahaye@libertyfoundation.org.uk

Liberty Foundation believes in providing an environment in which children ‘at risk’, and those with disabilities and special needs can gain access to rehabilitation, care and the educational tools they will need to build healthy, successful lives....

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE
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south america

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