Pestalozzi International

16/06/2026

Before a child can lead, they need to feel like they matter. ❤️

Yet millions of children in the Global South grow up in communities where the education system was never built with them in mind - where potential goes unseen, and ambition has nowhere to go. At Pestalozzi International, belonging isn't a backdrop to education. It's the foundation of it.

Over 250 years ago, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi believed that learning begins in the heart - that before a child can think critically or act with purpose, they must first feel loved, safe, and valued. That conviction still lives at the core of everything we do.

Through Social, Emotional, and Ethical (SEE) learning, we nurture the whole person - building not just knowledge, but empathy, moral courage, and the confidence to lead. Because the leaders our world needs most aren't just the most qualified. They're the ones who remember where they came from, and choose to give back.

Every child we work with across Zambia, India, and Nepal carries that potential. Our role is simply to believe in it - loudly, wholeheartedly, and without exception. And the proof is there: 96% of our alumni stay in their home countries. Alumni are connected to more than 85 NGOs and community groups. 800,000 children now being taught by our alumni teachers.

Love, it turns out, is a pretty powerful development strategy.

The world needs leaders shaped by love, not just learning. Help us nurture them. Support a child's journey: https://lnkd.in/gGTURtri

Pestalozzi India

08/06/2026

At SkillsHub, we are not only preparing participants to be work ready but to be financially savvy.

Last month, they were introduced to ‘Absa ReadytoWork’ which is a free training initiative by Absa Bank Zambia PLC in Zambia, designed to help young people transition smoothly from school into the workplace.

Many young adults in Zambia do not have bank accounts and have low financial literacy which act as barriers to finding jobs or staring their own business. The self-paced app introduces them to essential skills like personal budgeting and project management tools and even have access to a CV Builder, job search tools, and courses on digital skills.

These are further reinforced through our 6 month Mindset and Life Skills programme. At SkillsHub we are seeing the results of the incredible impact of a holistic approach, with over 50 % of graduates finding jobs in the first 10 months of the project.

When core competencies are integrated into vocational skills, participants can take these skills directly into the real world, ensuring greater confidence, ambition and future success with their chosen work pathways.

Learn more about SkillsHub and how we are supporting young people to build the skills, confidence and mindset to shape their future: https://www.pestalozzi.international/programmes/skillshub/

08/06/2026

Calling all Pestalozzi International senior students and alumni.

Join us for Entrepreneurship Unlocked: Alumni Startup Stories - a live webinar exploring what it really takes to build something from the ground up.

Hear directly from Pestalozzi alumni as they share their journeys into entrepreneurship and innovation, including lessons learned, challenges faced, and the realities behind turning ideas into action.

Featuring:
• Putty Muuka - Managing Director & Founder, Save and Remit Services
• Abhishek Mishra - Associate Vice President, Digital Health Transformation & Innovation, iKure Techsoft Pvt. Ltd.

📅 13 June 2026
🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm (UK time)
📍 Online via Zoom

Whether you’re exploring an idea, curious about entrepreneurship, or interested in hearing how alumni have navigated different paths after Pestalozzi, we’d love to see you there.

Check your email or visit the Alumni Hub for Zoom details.

03/06/2026

What shapes a young person’s future more: ability, or what they believe is possible?

Long before students make decisions about careers, leadership or contribution, they begin forming assumptions about the world around them: what feels possible, what feels within reach, and what kind of future they can imagine themselves belonging to. Those assumptions often influence ambition long before ability does.

At Pestalozzi, we work with young people who have already demonstrated significant potential. But potential alone is rarely enough. Opportunity, exposure and environment all play an important role in determining whether that potential has the chance to grow.

Our Grade 10 students recently visited a local avocado farm for a vision board development activity led by one of our mentors. Students reflected, explored ideas and began giving shape to aspirations for the years ahead.

Creating space to imagine is not separate from education; it is part of it. Before young people can pursue opportunities, they must first be able to picture them.

Throughout the session, students reflected not only on where they hope to go, but also on the contribution they hope to make and the values they want to carry with them as they grow.

At Pestalozzi, we see this as part of leadership formation: creating experiences that expand perspective, strengthen independent thinking, and help young people recognise their capacity to shape the world around them.

Discover more about our Future Leaders programme: pestalozzi.international

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

We are proud to celebrate four Pestalozzi India students studying in Grade 12 at Cambrian Hall School who have been selected for student leadership positions for the year ahead:

✨ Tenzin - School Head Girl
✨ Nirusha - School Girls Sports Captain
✨ Sonia - School Girls Sports Vice-Captain
✨ Brahamdeep - House Prefect

These appointments followed a formal application and selection process involving teacher recommendations and endorsement from school leadership.

The students were recognised not only for strong academic performance, but for the contribution they have made across school life - through active participation, commitment beyond the classroom, and the trust they have built within their community over time.

Through Pestalozzi’s Future Leaders approach, we aim to create environments where young people are encouraged to lead with both ambition and responsibility - developing the confidence to step forward, the empathy to bring others with them, and the belief that leadership is ultimately measured by the opportunities it creates for others.

Seeing these students step into positions of trust reflects something we hope for across the wider Pestalozzi community: young people who understand that influence is not simply about being recognised, but about contributing, representing others, and helping shape stronger communities wherever they go.

Leadership positions may last for a year. The values, judgement, and sense of responsibility developed through experiences like these can shape the way young people lead for years to come.

Congratulations to Tenzin, Nirusha, Sonia, and Brahamdeep on this well-deserved achievement.

Support more young people to access opportunities to lead: https://lnkd.in/eer4Waqc

Pestalozzi India

27/05/2026

Join at one of London’s most iconic running events and take on 13.1 miles through the heart of the city, passing some of London’s most famous landmarks along the way.

Every mile you run will help create opportunities for young people across Zambia, Nepal, India, and beyond - supporting education, leadership, wellbeing, and futures shaped by possibility rather than limitation.

📍 Sunday 4 April 2027
🎟️ Charity places available for just £25
🎯 Minimum fundraising target: £350

Places are limited and expected to fill quickly.

Whether you’re an experienced runner or taking on your first half marathon, our team will support you every step of the way with fundraising and training guidance, encouragement, and a community running alongside you for a shared purpose.

Because when opportunity is carried forward, its impact rarely stops with one person.

Sign up today and run for a future filled with greater possibility:
https://runforcharity.com/charity-registration/pestalozzi-international/london-landmarks-half-marathon/register

We offer child-centred education to disadvantaged young people in the Global South, supporting economic growth and social mobility. Recognising the uniqueness of every child's fullest potential, we educate beyond the classroom to develop future-oriented vocational skills and nurture emotional, socia...

26/05/2026

By 2030, an estimated 230 million jobs across Sub-Saharan Africa will require digital skills.

Yet for many young people, access to digital learning still begins unevenly - shaped not by ability, but by circumstance.

At Foundation House in Zambia, Grade 5 and 6 students take part in Edulution’s after-school programme, running in partnership with Pestalozzi since 2015. Through interactive tablet-based sessions, students strengthen literacy and numeracy skills while becoming familiar with the kinds of tools increasingly shaping education and opportunity.

Alongside mentoring and pastoral support, these sessions help young people build confidence, problem-solving skills, and familiarity with a rapidly changing world.

That thinking sits deeply within the Pestalozzi approach to education - helping young people develop not only knowledge, but the confidence and adaptability needed to help shape the future around them.

And often, the earlier those opportunities begin, the more lasting their impact becomes.

Learn more: https://www.pestalozzi.international/pestalozzi/our-pestalozzi-approach

Edulution

22/05/2026

Modern life has created growing distance between young people and the systems that shape everyday life. 🌱

One of the responsibilities of education is helping reconnect that understanding - encouraging young people to engage more consciously with the people, environments, and communities around them.

This week, our Grade 6 and 7 students in Nepal visited one of the local farms supplying vegetables to our campus, stepping outside the classroom to explore how the food they eat is grown and brought from field to table.

This kind of learning has always been central to the Pestalozzi philosophy of education.

Rooted in Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi’s idea of developing the “Head, Heart, and Hands,” our approach encourages young people to grow not only academically, but socially, emotionally, ethically, and practically - helping them build a deeper understanding of both themselves and the world around them.

By walking through the fields and speaking directly with growers, students were encouraged to think more deeply about the people, labour, and interconnected systems behind something as everyday as the food they eat.

At Pestalozzi, how young people learn matters as much as what they learn. That means creating space for experiential, child-centred learning that connects education to real life and encourages a stronger sense of responsibility towards the communities and environments young people are part of.

What begins as curiosity can often become something much more lasting: a deeper understanding of the world young people will one day help shape.

❤️ Discover more about the Pestalozzi approach to holistic education: https://www.pestalozzi.international/pestalozzi/educational-approach

19/05/2026

After finishing secondary school in 2022, Prisocvia expected life to begin moving forward.

Instead, she spent almost three years at home in Chibombo still trying, still dreaming, but unsure where opportunity would come from or whether it would come at all.

She started a small salaula (second-hand clothing) business, travelling long distances to buy and resell clothes online. Like many young people trying to build something with limited resources, she kept adapting and pushing forward despite uncertainty.

Through SkillsHub’s combination of vocational training, agricultural learning, mentorship, and leadership development, Priscovia began to see possibility differently.

Alongside agricultural and business training, she developed confidence as a group leader and began rebuilding belief in what her future could look like.

Today, she and her peers are preparing plans to launch a poultry business together with ambitions to create something sustainable within their community.

Her story reflects a wider reality across Zambia and beyond: young people do not lack ideas, determination, or talent. Too often, what is missing are the opportunities and support systems that help potential continue moving forward after education ends.

That is why SkillsHub exists.

Support more young people like Priscovia to access the skills, mentorship, and opportunities needed to build sustainable futures: https://lnkd.in/diAf8-gc