LuDUS
Léieruert fir Demokratie, Uechtsamkeet a Selbstbestëmmung
Initiative phase: Waiting for funding/approval
LuDUS is an initiative to establish and develop a democratic place of learning where young people can learn in a self-determined way and participate on an equal footing, accompanied by benevolent, non-judgemental adults. LuDUS is modelled on free, democratic schools such as Summerhill (UK), the Sudbury Valley School (USA), the Hadera Schools (Israel), Kapriole (D) and Les Quatre Sources (B). The initiators believe that young people must be given the opportunity to make decisions from an early age, to try out and explore things that interest them, and to play and carry out projects in mixed-age groups with partners of their own choosing.
Name of Organization
- LuDUS asbl
- info@ludus.lu
Address & geo
- LuDUS
- rue Saint Laurent, 15
- 7370 Lorentzweiler
Contact person
- Georges Pfeiffenschneider
- info@ludus.lu
- 00352 621 768 119
Participation opportunities
Financing Engaged citizen Full time volunteers Part time volunteers Expertise/knowledge A Building/house A gardenInstitution type/carrier
Non-profit organisation
Institution-Name
LuDUS asbl
How is your initiative financed?
through membership fees and donations
Are there any additional partners or funders connected to your initiative?
- No
Participation opportunities
Becoming a member, looking for buildings, active cooperation (concept, lobbying, funding opportunities), initiatives to spread the idea of democratic education, visits to democratic schools abroad
What’s needed
Financing Engaged citizen Full time volunteers Part time volunteers Expertise/knowledge A Building/house A gardenOther
Website administrator
Objectives
The aims of LuDUS are (1) to promote the natural curiosity, self-knowledge and social responsibility of children and young people; (2) to once again understand education as a natural human right and not as a one-sided imposition defined by adults; (3) to grow self-confident, critical, responsible citizens who actively support the UN's sustainability goals, among other things.
Impact
When children visit and help shape democratic learning centres from an early age, they retain the curiosity, imagination, spontaneity and openness that they are usually "trained" to lose at school. As a result, a generation is growing up that is far better able to cope with the huge ecological and social problems of the present and near future than today's adults, who are largely conformist and consumer-orientated (due to their school careers).
Target audience
The target group is young people from the age of 4, but of course also all adults who are open to new ideas and want to ensure that the precious potential of the next generation can develop unhindered.
Challenges and learning successes
LuDUS has already carried out a pilot project. The challenges were (1) finding a suitable and affordable location, (2) developing, implementing and communicating the concept, (3) obtaining support from the Ministry of Education.
The initiative information was originally written in German