Publications

The History of Kofoed’s School International,

Ole Meldgaard, Kofoeds Skoles Forlag, 2011
  

Kofoed’s School in Denmark was established
in 1928 during the recession to help excluded
groups back to society. Since the 1990’s Kofoed’s
School has had a rising number of foreign
contacts. Today there are Kofoed’s Schools or
Kofoed’s School activities in many countries. The
schools are not copies of Kofoed’s School in Copenhagen
and they vary as to the local needs, but
they all have the same aim. That is to help people
get started again when they have been left behind
by the development and are in need of new
qualifications in order to find work or a better and
fuller life under new circumstances.

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S ince the 1990’s Kofoed’s School has had a rising number of foreign contacts. Today there are Kofoed’s Schools or Kofoed’s School activities in Poland, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Ukraine and Armenia.The schools are not copies of Kofoed’s School in Copenhagen, but they have the same aim. That is to help people to get started again when they have been left be-hind by the development and are in need of new qualifications in order to find work or a better and fuller life under new circumstance.

Written by Ole Meldgaard, Kofoed's School

50 pp.

Kofoeds Skoles Forlag

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Help toward Self-Help

Major parts of the community are excluded or in risk of exclusion. But how can the problems of those who have lost heart, lost identity and lost their place in society, be solved?

The pedagogical method of Kofoed’s School is known as “Help toward self-help” and is based on the principle that we can all develop personally and improve the  quality of our lives when  we are given the
opportunity to take responsibility. Through education, training, workshops, counsel­ing, advice, practical and social interaction, each student learns the necessary skills to move on in life.

Kofoed’s School in Copenhagen is an independent, humanitarian organization that provides help toward self-­reliance for people with social problems. We have been doing so for more than 80 ­years – since  1928, when the School was founded by ­sacristan Hans Christian Kofoed.

The School is built on a popular and Christian founda­tion, and at its heart lies a deep respect for the individual. Everyone has resources. There is potential for growth even in people who are in difficult situations.
Since the late 1990s, Kofoed’s School and its ideas have experienced major expansions abroad. More than 20 schools and projects in the Kofoed tradition have been established in a number of countries across Central and Eastern Europe. 

By Jens Aage  Bjørkøe
Kofoed's School Publication, 2009. 440 pp.
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By Ole Meldgaard

Kofoeds Skoles Forlag 2005

From the first chapter, this story is a living and fascinating tale of the compassion and idealism of Kofoed's School for unemployed in Copenhagen, Danemark. The school was founded by Hans Christian Kofoed in 1928. Kofoed saw the destructive force of unemployment ruin men and their families. He wanted to help - but not in the traditional way of handing out warm soup and bread to the miserable-looking. Instead, he wanted to help these men rebuild their lives. So he started a school of life, where "students", as he called the unemployed who came to him, were taught practical, mental and physical skills, to gain self-confidence and finally a job (212 pages).
 

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