ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 1 Welcome Our world needs young people who are driven from scholarship students on the impact of by a common sense of humanity and purpose. a world of education and experiences they Young people who want to develop their skills would never have had access to if it weren’t for and knowledge, not just to better their own our generous supporters. lives, but also the lives of others. Our supporters make UWC possible. Close We need young people whose vision extends to 5000 volunteers bolstered the UWC beyond their own community, nation and movement this year with their time and desire for individual success. We need them to expertise. The generosity of our donors work together, across all backgrounds, nations enables students from all backgrounds to and cultures, to build a more peaceful and experience a UWC education, while also sustainable future. providing the vitally important funding for campus spaces and buildings. Our role is to help them realise that they can. UWC’s mission is to make education a force We are humbled to continue working with and this Annual Review gives an account of great organisations, including the Horizon how that was done in 2019. Foundation and Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, which are both featured in this In August, we welcomed the 18th UWC year’s Annual Review. We are grateful for the school into our network. UWC East Africa is continued generosity of our patron, Shelby our second school on the African continent, Davis, for the support he provides our students and it builds on the 50 year legacy of at UWC, and beyond, and for helping us to International School Moshi (ISM) in Tanzania, build on our own culture of giving back within the first IB-school on the continent. We the UWC movement. And we are delighted to also welcomed new people to the UWC welcome a number of new partners this year. movement. Dr Musimbi Kanyoro began her term as the Chair of the UWC International We’ve come so far already, but there is still a lot Board, bringing a renewed sense of activism more work to do. The politics of identity and and wisdom from a lifetime spent serving separation are taking root. Walls of nationalism women and young people. She recently are rising in many places. It is our hope that this returned to her homeland of Kenya after year’s Annual Review will give you reason to many years working with major NGOs in believe that - with a UWC education - a truly Europe and the US. Her fresh energy and united world can still be reached. ideas are already rippling across the network. Thank you for all that you do. And we welcomed new ideas: 2019 marked the launch of a UWC movement-wide collaboration to re-examine UWC’s education programmes in a way that ensures our model of education meets the needs of students and promotes conditions of learning that help them to thrive in our changing world, and learn to change it for the better. At UWC, we believe in possibility. Within these pages, you’ll read stories of how our students Jens Waltermann and community members have turned that Executive Director, UWC International possibility into something real. You will hear Pearson College UWC, 1983-1985 2 ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 3 A Note From ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 The Chair Welcome 3 A Note from the Chair 5 In my first year as Chair of the UWC International Board I have been struck by the strong sense of community which bounds this Who We Are 6 organisation together. Students, volunteers and alumni burn with passion for an educational Our Vision 6 PRESIDENT OF UWC experience that changed their lives. And they are Our Approach 6 determined to pass it onto the next generation. HM Queen Noor of Jordan Our Global Reach 8 However, what makes this sense of community so extraordinary is that it is a direct connector UWC INTERNATIONAL BOARD to the wider human community that UWC was Our Impact 10 founded to bring together. In a room filled with in 2019 Musimbi Kanyoro Maria Inês Kavamura UWCers, you cannot help but believe that we are Chair of the Board Chair of International indeed one united human race. There, the faces The Year at a Glance 10 Development Committee and voices of all countries, creeds and colours are Pål Brynsrud represented in one place, learning from different Our Students 12 Vice-Chair of the Board, Victoria Mora pasts and collaborating towards a shared future. Chair of Nominating and President of UWC-USA A World Class Education 14 For Everyone Governance Committee The exchanges that take place at UWC schools, (NGC) Laurence Nodder short courses and meetings do not just result A Unique Education 16 Experience Rektor of UWC Robert in empty words. When you explore this Annual Laura Carone Bosch College, Review you’ll quickly see how these interactions A New Generation 18 of Bridge-Builders Vice-Chair of Committee Chair of Heads are the catalysts for action in different of the National Committee communities around the world. A New Generation 20 Committees (CNC) of Change-Makers Marco Provencio The world is calling for us to join hands. We A New Generation 22 Driek Desmet Chair of Committee for invite you to join us, too. You can do so from of Ethical Leaders Chair of Community the Governance of the any place, and at any age. May you enjoy this Engagement Committee National Committee glimpse into the UWC movement in 2019 - and System may it inspire you as it continues to inspire me. 25 Support in 2019 Eva Eschenbruch Chair of Committee of the Nicole Severino With Gratitude 25 National Committees Vice-Chair of Committee Partner Spotlight: of the National Aurora Humanitarian 26 Colin Habgood Committees Initiative Board Treasurer Partner Spotlight: 28 Ulhas Yargop The Horizon Foundation Christian Hodeige Board member UWC Saying Goodbye to Vice-Chair of UWC Mahindra College, 30 Three UWC Legends Robert Bosch College, Member of Personnel and Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro joined the UWC movement Chair of Chairs Remuneration Committee as Chair of the UWC International Board on 1 Committee January 2019. Dr. Kanyoro is globally recognised The Year 32 Veronika Zonabend for her leadership of organisations and initiatives in Numbers Peter Howe Founder and Chair of that advance health, development and human Principal of UWC Atlantic, UWC Dilijan, rights. Until mid 2019 she served as President and UWC Schools 32 Vice-Chair of Heads Member of International CEO of the Global Fund for Women. Dr. Kanyoro Committee Development Committee also sits on the UN Women Civil Society Advisory UWC International 34 Board and The UN Global Compact Board. 4 ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 5 Who We Are Our Vision Our Approach UWC is a global education SEEK EDUCATE movement that brings together young people from deliberately Our community is deliberately allocates scholarships to those A UWC education strives to characteristics, but all our schools UWC SHORT COURSES diverse backgrounds. Our schools diverse. We welcome students who need them. For 2019 entry, empower students to create a more nurture students’ passion for service, and short courses equip them with from across the globe through two 1595 students were selected peaceful and sustainable future. action, and creativity. They foster UWC short courses offer an intense the skills, values and perspectives application routes: through this route, with 1400 (88%) Although each school and UWC academic excellence, and encourage and immersive experience with a that empower them to build a more of those students receiving partial short course operates differently, intercultural understanding, focus on experiential learning. With a peaceful and sustainable future. THE UWC NATIONAL or full scholarships. our educational model provides the compassion and innovation. In their duration of usually one to four weeks, To ensure that a UWC education is COMMITTEE SYSTEM framework for all UWC students to final two years, most students enroll these short programmes increase the accessible for anyone with the drive THE GLOBAL SELECTION develop the skills and perspectives in residential programmes where number of people who can access a and potential to positively impact Our national committee system PROGRAMME (GSP) that will help them on this they live and learn alongside fellow UWC education. Participants may their community, we raise over of volunteers is present in over 150 journey. A UWC education can be young people from the most diverse come from the same country, region $60m a year in scholarship funds. countries. The committees find Students who are able to pay the full accessed through two educational backgrounds and cultures. or continent, or they may be an students from within their own regions, fees for a school can apply through experiences: entirely intercultural group. UWC Most of our students are aged often in the most unlikely of places. the GSP route. This is open to young UWC schools place a high value short courses focus on a variety of between 16 and 19 years old. This is These students are selected based people who wish to apply to a UWC UWC SCHOOLS on experiential learning, while also different themes or skill sets: from a time when young people’s energy on their potential to thrive at a UWC school 9 to 12 months before the providing students with the world’s youth leadership to sustainability, and idealism can be guided towards school or short course, independent beginning of the school year. For 2019 UWC’s 18 schools on four most recognised international from dialogue to migration, from empathy, responsibility and lifelong of socio-economic means. entry, 111 students were selected continents provide unparalleled diploma: the International gender to conflict resolution.