After spending three years living and studying at The Camphill School in Glenmoore, Adi Poran, 35, is ready to start the next chapter of her life in her native Israel, writes Noa Epstein for Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper.
The Camphill School is a Waldorf school with a mission to create wholeness for children and youth with developmental disabilities through education, extended family living, and therapy.
“There’s a live-in plan, and the children are divided into houses,” said Poran. “It’s part of a network of anthroposophic villages that engage in healing education.”
During her time at The Camphill School, Poran was a mother to five children with special needs. She helped them learn how to eat at the table and how to communicate with people, among many other things. She also taught eurythmy.
“It’s an art of movement from within anthroposophy,” said Poran. “I studied it in Jerusalem, and I also taught it in Israel.”
Now that she has returned home, Poran is planning to get back to work and possibly get a teaching certificate.
“But before all else, I’m going to Kibbutz Regba, to my parents, for a period of solitude,” she said.
Read more about Adi Poran in Haaretz here.
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