Dear colleagues and friends,
A sound of hope and deep longing for regaining our freedom filled the air at the turning of the year. The imposed limitations out of safety regulations have had a far-reaching impact on our individual and social freedom and have forced us to reconsider and reimagine how a healthy balance can be found between this freedom and individual and social responsibility.
The experience of the past year has shown clearly how the question of health cannot be understood as an isolated physiological matter but needs to be considered from the wholistic perspective of physical, social-emotional, mental and spiritual health.
In this newsletter we bring articles with different perspectives relating to the question of health in the education of the young child. They offer inspiring thoughts and can help us adults to find our own healthy position in the complexity of questions related to the topic of media and how we can build a health-promoting soul environment in times of crisis. The reports from our colleagues in South Africa and Brazil are stories of courage and hope that provide insights into how the pandemic has affected their lives and how they have found creative ways to make the best of the situation.
Dear friends, we hope that the content of this newsletter can support you in your endeavors to create inner and outer health as a basis for developing inner freedom and social responsibility for the children, yourselves and your surroundings.
Clara Aerts
On behalf of the IASWECE Coordinating Group
