The Crocus Project is an Irish initiative whereby HETI provides yellow Crocus bulbs for young people and school pupils aged 11 years and older to plant in memory of the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust and thousands of other children who were victims of Nazi atrocities. The yellow flowers recall the yellow Stars of David that Jews were forced to wear under Nazi rule. The Cro- cus blooms around the end of January, about the time of international Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January).
Participating in The Crocus Project is a tangible way to introduce young people to the subject of the Holocaust and to raise awareness about the dan- gers of racism and discrimination. The children’s in- volvement in learning about the Holocaust, plant- ing the bulbs and watching the flowers grow, en- courages learning about tolerance and respect.
HETI provides a comprehensive Information and Guidelines pack to assist teachers in educating about the Holocaust.
The Crocus Project has grown since its inception in 2005 when 6,000 Irish pupils participating to more than 100,000 young people from Ireland and 11 Eu- ropean countries in 2018. We hope increasing numbers of countries will join The Crocus Project each year until the whole of Europe participates in it and more than 1.5 million crocuses will bloom.

Role of the partner organisation in the project
We are looking for partner NGOs in Bulgaria, Malta and Romania to co-ordinate the registration of schools and organisations, source and distribute the crocus bulbs and the information booklet and assist with proof reading the translated booklets. HETI will ship the translated booklets to thepartner organisation. The partner NGO sends out the pro- motional letter in Spring prior to commencing the project, inviting schools to register for it. Once the school is registered, the information booklet is sent out with the bulbs in the autumn to all participating schools.

Comments from the applicant
We are searching for partner NGO’s to join The Crocus Project (subject to funding) from Bulgaria, Malta and Romania.