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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- Meet Dechen, A Third-Generation Tibetan Refugee Turned UWC Atlantic Scholar
- Filling the Urgent Gap in Opportunities For Refugee Youth in 2020: An interview with UWCx Initiative, Amala
- Summia, the First Rhodes Scholar to Hail from Afghanistan
- Mai Al-Qaisi: From Refugee to Save Our Future Global Ambassador
- One Alum’s Work As The First Peace-Psychologist in Kashmir
- A Class of 2020 Graduate Helping Fellow Youth Get Through Online Learning
- Democratising Access to Education in Sierra Leone
- Uniting to Create the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Course
- Leave No-One Behind: Uniting the Community at the Height of the Pandemic
- UWCers Unite to Help Curb the Effects of the Mauritius Oil Spill
- The 2020 Sino Japan Youth Conference: Adapting to the New Reality
- Hopebound: UWC Sisters Set Out To Support Their Community During Lockdown