Early Pestalozzi Images: Chores

Chores were an integral part of each week at the Pestalozzi Children’s Village. From cleaning floors to demolishing old farm buildings, all children were involved.

Stachek (left) and Janis mop the floor of their bedroom in the Stables accommodation.
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Three boys clean the Village’s Microbus. From left: Richard, Arnold and Janis.
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Children make tidy work of the demolition of old farm buildings. In the foreground Czeska passes bricks to Krista for stacking,
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Richard turns the soil in the rose garden behind the Village’s Manor House.
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