Impact Stories
UWC is about people - students, teachers, alumni, donors, parents, and many more - who are making an impact to the world: from the most glamourous initiatives to the smallest acts of kindness, here are their stories.
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- Creating Talent Pipelines Into Global Decision-Making That Are More Inclusive of Africans
- A UWC Student’s Six Year Journey Towards Tackling Period Poverty
- Protecting Women and Children as an Officer in the Indian Police Service
- Two Alums Bringing The Climate Crisis to the International Court of Justice
- Making Ideals Reality: Creating Better Futures For Children In My Home Community
- What a 30 Year Career in the UN Taught Me About Female Leadership
- Creating Opportunities for Education in a Village in Tajikstan
- The alum who rowed across the Pacific for UWC scholarships
- Experiencing The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict as a UWC Dilijan Student
- A Cross-UWC Conversation on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- From Global Health Researcher in Diseases of Poverty to COVID-19 Advisor
- Meet Dechen, A Third-Generation Tibetan Refugee Turned UWC Atlantic Scholar