Giulio Giorgi, RCN ’03
Giulio Giorgi, a proud and talented alumnus of the United World Colleges Red Cross Nordic (UWC RCN), embraced the spirit of global citizenship and community service that defines the UWC movement. His journey from a UWC student to a landscape architect highlights the lasting influence of the UWC experience on his personal and professional life. Recently, Giulio has been collaborating with World Child [...]
Lea Komba RCN’24
Lea Komba is an RCN alumna of the class of 2024 from Angola. During her time at RCN, Lea was a very passionate changemaker; she loved public speaking and politics, as her co-years and teachers would say. In addition to being one of the Speakers at the TEDX uwcrcn in 2023, as part of the LEAF EAC at RCN, she developed the LEAF education [...]
UWC International Congress 2024
Education as a Force The 2024 UWC International Congress, held from 29 February to 2 March, marked a significant milestone in the history of our movement. This Congress, which was a culmination of the UWC's 60th anniversary celebrations, adopted a hybrid format, bringing together over 400 participants at our school in Phuket, UWC Thailand, while also connecting with numerous others virtually worldwide. Under [...]
Graduation 2024
Dear Graduates, Your time at RCN has left a lasting mark on our community, weaving your unique stories into the very fabric of our school. Your classmates, roommates, friends, and teachers helped you become who you are now. Don't forget them! Whether you go on to become doctors, parents, carpenters, lawyers, activists, artists, politicians, scientists, architects, or friends, know that you are shaping the [...]
Wilhelm Hector RCN’21
Meet Wilhem Hector, originally from Haiti, who embarked on a journey to UWC Red Cross Nordic. With little prior knowledge of Norway, he undertook a leap of faith, leaving behind the warmth of his homeland for the everlasting weather of Flekke. Can you tell us about your arrival at RCN? How did it feel to land in Bergen or Oslo, sit on the [...]
UWC Red Cross Nordic collaborating with the Nobel Peace Centre
On Wednesday 3rd April 7 of our students visited the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo for an action packed day of workshops that culminated in a panel discussion. Amalia (Norway), Asta (Denmark), Maya (Morocco), Mubashra (Pakistan), Rofayda (Egypt), Ryan (China) and Shahed (Palestine) worked together to put on three workshops for upper secondary school students from Oslo around the prompt “What are you willing [...]