United World College Projects

SAFUGE (SAving the FUture GEnerations)

SAFUGE started at Red Cross Nordic UWC as a small group of students that wanted to raise awareness about the sadly named “diamond wars” in Sierra Leone, an appalling event that gave the world its first taste of  children soldiers. Joseph Kaifala, a survivor of this war, brought the idea from his native land and started fundraising for the Cheshire School in Freetown, where children maimed by landmines and soldiers tried to reconstruct their lives as best they could. Seven years and a lot of effo...

Art of Peace: The Ones

Dear all fellow UWCers and friends,

The Art of Peace project is born from the meeting of different needs which could mutually answer each other.

It is a project of uwcnetwork.org dedicated to the United World College ideals of international understanding, peace and justice. It was initiated by François Paul-Cavallier (UWC Atlantic College 1962-1964). The current Art of Peace - The Ones website is a uwcnetwork.org website. This used to be a project of Atlantic College, and has been continued by uwcnetwor...

Bangalore Bridges

"Bangalore Bridges" is an ongoing project to bring together children within a locality of this city. These children will use the medium of theatre, movement and visual arts to dream big and understand civic and social responsibility. The uniqueness of this initiative lies in the multi-arts approach to addressing development issues. As arts educators and practitioners, we strongly believe in the power and potential of the arts to facilitate change.

"Neo-Tao Vol. 1: The Balance"

It is undeniable that Asian cinema has indeed suddenly caught on the Western world's attention. Regardless whether Hollywood is making bad movies or not, Asian cinema has always had a strong sense of its own cinematic identity. The fact that Asian cinema is much more accessible than before allows more people to appreciate the possibilities of Asian cinema, not only stylistically but the fact that they create ART - with less money, in less time, (and arguably more talent) than their Western count...

World at Play

What is World at Play?

We are a group of young people who organise expeditions across the  globe to work with socially, mentally and physically disadvantaged children. We involved these children in games of productive developmental sports and play through well-organised sessions and activities. We aim to build their confidence through the universal language of play, fostering international understanding through the exchange of games, and leaving a lasting legacy by the donation of sports ...

A clinical HIV research project in Cape Town

When I graduated from United World Colleges in 1990 and took up my place to study medicine at University in the UK, I had little idea where that career would lead me or how I would integrate my UWC experience into my life.

In the preceding 2 years at Atlantic College, the world had become a smaller place for me. I had experienced firsthand the differences but also the similarities between my friends of different nationalities and our polarity of opinion on world affairs that was the subject of mu...

Building in townships in South Africa

With the enormous production of social housing schemes within townships in South Africa in the past ten years, there has been a struggle to establish a home-identity that reflects and supports questions about the climate of cultural influence and expectation –there's a tendency to import a cultural identity rather than seeking it at the grass-roots level, which is where the raw foundation steps in.

World Savvy

World Savvy's mission is to inform, empower and engage young people to become active and responsible lifelong participants in a global community. World Savvy aims to educate youth about international affairs and build their skills for "global citizenship" so that they become well-informed and responsible citizens.

Website: http://worldsavvy.org/

The Kullu Project

Kullu Project volunteers generate exciting educational experiences for children at schools and orphanages in the Kullu Valley

The Kullu Project recruits dynamic, thoughtful and enthusiastic volunteers to run exciting educational initiatives for children in schools and orphanages in the Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India. In the past these have included classroom English teaching; running drama, first-aid and team building workshops; organising events such as camping trips, bike rides a...

Slum-project in Tamil Nadu (South India)

This project is taking form in a slow and very flexible way. Going to Tamil Nadu (South India) to serve needs to accept that what ever is planned never really happens as planned… You have to adapt on a day-to-day basis to the urgent needs that are presented to you. It is also a humble action of being with the poors with no pretension to change their fate but only to testify the brotherhood and compassion that is possible between humans.