In light of the dramatic escalation in the number of young displaced people fleeing conflict, persecution or environmental disaster, combined with the need for future post-conflict leadership, there is an urgent need to further increase the number of refugee students being granted access to a world-class school education at a UWC school or college.

This is why UWC launched the UWC Refugee Initiative, which aims to raise the funds for an additional 100 scholarships per year for refugee students from 2017 onwards.
The 100 scholarships will be allocated across UWC’s 17 schools and colleges. Additionally, and in light of the recent developments in the US, UWC Mostar, in Bosnia-Herzegovina has decided to extend scholarships to refugees and students from all seven nations.

We are delighted that a UNHCR-supported initiative aims to provide 100 scholarships a year to enable refugee and internally displaced students to attend UWC colleges worldwide.

Read the UNHCR article here.

Read the UWC Refugee Initiative Booklet here.

An exhibition was put in place on the 21st of September, for HM Queen Sonja, with the theme of “inclusion”, a value that is at the core of the UWC movement. The work displayed in Naustet – one of the boathouses next to the floating bridge – was a combination of mediums such as photography, painting, prose and written work, all relating to the theme, and was submitted by students and also staff of RCN and RKHR. The exhibition was assembled and organised by Rodrigo Freitas (Portugal), along with the help of other RCN students and staff. The Queen, an artist herself, was escorted and introduced to the artwork on display by Rodrigo Freitas and Mean Pring.

Some of the images from the exhibition: