Project weeks

In addition to community service projects that take place on a weekly basis in the local community, UWC also encourages project weeks, where students are able to take part in a more ‘in depth’ project, whether at the local, national or international level.

Example project weeks

For one of the 2010 project weeks at Adriatic UWC, a group of students visited the near-by valley Rosandra, Trieste to undertake  ecological and e nvironmental field work including lichen biomonitoring to produce an index of pollution levels and gain an appreciation of the biodiversity of the valley. 

In October 2009, seven students from Red Cross Nordic UWC spent a week in Saida, Lebanon, on a project week exploring the role of youth in community and social development. The UWC students worked with local Lebanese students , taking part in projects including street and beach clean ups, packing bananas for a sustainable agriculture farm and running activities with children in schools and orphanages. Read the news story.

In 2009 project week at UWC Mostar, a group of students travelled to Gorazde, in Eastern Bosnia, a city which was heavily damaged in the war. The students went to a secondary school to teach English and shared their experiences of international education at UWC Mostar. Student Sebastian de Brouwere, from Belgium said “one of our biggest accomplishments was that we generated a sense of awe inspiring energy and even the students with limited English were eager to share their passions and visions with us.”

For more information on project weeks at a particular school or college, visit the college/school section and their individual websites.