A Collective Dream - Escola Livre do Algarve Portugal: In 2008, a group of parents from children of the local Waldorf kindergarten Infancia Viva decided it was time to go further with Waldorf education. Together they created the Escola Livre do Algarve, which opened with just one class and nine children. Despite all the difficulties, the school community felt very confident and managed to open the first state-recognized Waldorf School at the Primary Level in Portugal. The initiative was so convincing that the school was provided with an abandoned school building by the authorities. Currently, the school is growing by one class each year and has received the official recognition for class 6 in 2015.
