UWC South East Asia
IMPACT OF GIVING REPORT 2018/2019
Contents
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MESSAGE FROM CARMA ELLIOT CMG OBE , COLLEGE PRESIDENT
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MESSAGE FROM KIRITIDA MEKANI, CHAIR, FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
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FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
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SCHOLARSHIPS 07 The importance of scholars 08 Moving mountains for a UWCSEA education 09 Welcoming Internally Displaced Persons 10 Our Scholarship Programme in 2018/2019 11 Staff Scholarship Fund
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Stories with this icon share in more detail how gifts to the College make a significant difference.
12 Scholar spotlight
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TEACHING AND LEARNING 15 Chinese Culture and History Programme 17 SheHacks 1.0 18 Books and Burritos 19 AIDA: bringing music to life
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SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION 23 Dover Green Heart
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
25 Adopt a Tree
31 Class Giving Campaign
27 Solar for UWCSEA
33 Parent Ambassadors 35 Alumni Giving 36 Class of ’86 Giving
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GIVING BEYOND THE COLLEGE 39 Serving others 41 Our Global Concerns programme 43 East students in harmony with local care 45 PACE: Guests from HCA Hospice get the full UWCSEA experience
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GIVING AT A GLANCE 49 Financial overview 50 Named Endowed Funds 51 1971 Society members 52 Kurt Hahn Society members 52 Annual Giving
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MESSAGE FROM
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
The individual choices we all make, day by day, are powerful: they have an immediate impact on the world around us. On our communities, our environment, and they are shaped by our aspirations for the future. The 2018/2019 Impact of Giving Report is a collection of stories of positive choices – how members of our community choose day after day, month after month, and year after year, to make a positive difference in the world. For over 40 years, UWCSEA’s unique mission has acted as a steady compass, always ensuring that the programmes and activities we deliver have a real impact on uniting people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Scholarships for deserving young people of great potential, sustainability education programmes and innovative teaching and learning initiatives are at the heart of our being. Thank you to our donors for their generous contributions of both time and treasure: your donations create a ripple effect, with benefits for years to come for communities across the globe. So much of what we have achieved would not have been possible anywhere else in the world. Singapore has made us who we are today: we are grateful to be part of this island nation and to be part of the conversations which matter on this little red dot. UWCSEA was welcomed with open arms so many years ago, and our strong relationship on the issues which matter continues to this day. As we look ahead to the next decade, I thank each of you for choosing impact, for choosing to make a difference and for standing up to create a lasting legacy of peace and sustainability for generations to come. Carma Elliot CMG OBE
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MESSAGE FROM
CHAIR, FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 2018/2019 was an exciting year for the Foundation Leadership Council (FLC) trustees—our first year as a fully operational group, each member with a passionate commitment to opening eyes, minds and hearts to the transformative power of a UWCSEA education. I am honoured to lead this group of committed trustees, each of whom are action-oriented champions for the College. Throughout the year the trustees have leveraged their professional expertise and networks to build connections, capacity and support for the work of the UWC mission all over the world. As the College approaches its 50th anniversary, the FLC is essential to building support for the strategic goals of the College. New initiatives and activities extend beyond traditional academic programmes, and often the associated costs extend above and beyond what is covered within the existing fee structure. The FLC’s role is to raise philanthropic contributions to help provide capacity for the College to deliver on these opportunities. I am delighted to be looking ahead to another year of dreaming big, building bridges and taking real action to expand the College’s resources in support of the UWC mission: to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Kirtida Mekani
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FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Kirtida Mekani Chair
Karan Adani ’05
Asema A. Ahmed
Christine Amour-Levar
Shiv Khemka
Datuk Lim Sue Beng
Mikael MÖrn ’92
Ravi Raheja
Michelle Sassoon ’82
Tord Stallvik ’86
Leon Toh
Hans Vriens
EXTENDING OUR DEEP GRATITUDE TO FORMER TRUSTEES Former Foundation Chair of Trustees Kishore Mahbubani
Charles Ormiston
Declan MacFadden
David Chong
Kim Teo ’76
Satish Shankar
Kirtida Mekani
Derek Lau
Dale Fisher ’78
Ravi Raju
Shareen Khattar Harrison
Gay Chee Cheong
Michelle Sassoon ’82
Priti Devi
Mary Ann Tsao Robinson
Andy Budden
Lei Zhang
Heinrich Jessen ’86
Sat Pal Khattar
Former Foundation Trustees
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Uniting People, Nations and Cultures
Kurt Hahn, the founder of the UWC movement, passionately believed that bringing together young people from different nations and cultures would create greater understanding, respect and ultimately solutions for a better and brighter future. Today, almost 50 years later, UWCSEA is a vibrant and diverse community of over 100 nationalities, working, living and thriving in a common purpose.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOLARS USING EDUCATION AS A TOOL The Scholars Programme is designed to identify young people of great potential and promise from around the world and to provide them with a life-changing UWCSEA education through a two-year IB scholarship, an opportunity that might not otherwise be available to them given the often difficult life circumstances they face. For all UWCSEA students, life alongside our scholars changes the dynamic of classrooms and campus life. The scholars provide depth to our diversity—we already have an impressively wide representation of nationalities on campus, but the scholars come from often strikingly different socio-economic backgrounds and circumstances. Their different perspectives enrich classroom discussions, increase intercultural understanding, and invite lifelong friendships. In 2018/2019, thanks to support from the UWCSEA community, 98 scholars received a UWC education—89 at UWCSEA, and nine at other UWCs around the world. Each scholar has been through a rigorous selection process by their National Committee—globally the National Committees are comprised of more than 3,000 volunteers (UWC alumni, parents of alumni, educational and community leaders) working across 158 countries. Once awarded a UWCSEA scholarship, typically a two-year IB Diploma Programme scholarship (often followed by fully-funded university study, thanks to the generosity of benefactor Shelby Davis), doors open to an entirely different future for these young people—empowered and imbued by the UWC values of positive change. At a time when others may be closing doors or building walls, UWCSEA affirms its commitment to bringing children of the world together to learn, reflect and grow through the Scholarship Programme. A heartfelt thanks to every parent and donor for their gifts to the UWCSEA Scholarship programme.
“UWCSEA has challenged me, taught me, changed me, transformed me, and will continue to stay with me as I graduate from this incredible school which took me out of my comfort zone and awakened me to become a globetrotting changemaker.” CASPER ØEHLERS ’19, Scholar from Denmark
“UWCSEA has been life changing. Now, I work hard not only for me, but because I want to be able to help someone in the same way that I’ve been helped.” TEDDY FATIM DIALLO ’19, Scholar from Burkina Faso
Gifts to the Scholarship programme add to the diversity of UWCSEA and bring global issues to life, including an appreciation of differences and a deeper understanding of specific cultures and nations. Watch a two minute video about the Impact of Scholars.
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Moving mountains for a UWCSEA education
“One of the advantages of a UWCSEA education is an improved ability to understand and move among people and cultures different from one’s own. Through this fundraising initiative, I hope a scholar can benefit in similar ways.” LUUK ’20, Scholar from the Netherlands In August, Mikael Mörn ’92, and Luuk ’20, UWCSEA scholar from the Netherlands, made an epic climb, clawing their way up to the 23,400ft summit of the towering Pik Lenin on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Repeating their goal like a mantra into the bitterly icy wind, “The world needs more UWC scholars,” they battled the elements and their own physical and mental limits, determined to raise enough money for a scholarship to welcome a student from Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan in August 2020. For Mikael, this was not his first advanced expedition. In 2018 he completed his Three Peak Challenge where he climbed three of the world’s most remote peaks in just two weeks to raise funds for a scholar to attend UWCSEA. As a result of his successful campaign and the generosity of the UWCSEA community, in August 2019, Internally Displaced Person, Yelyzaveta “Liza” from Ukraine walked through the doors of Dover Campus, her new home and school for the next two years. Mikael and Luuk are incredibly passionate changemakers who have taken fundraising to new heights. They are deeply committed to the transformative power of a UWC education, as Luuk says, “Bringing another scholar to UWCSEA will not only change the scholar’s life but the lives of their family members and their communities, how could I not do it?” The funds raised by their climb represent a third of the total needed for the scholarship. So we will continue to fundraise through our UWCSEA Fund Scholarship Programme appeals to ensure we can indeed welcome this scholar when the school gates open in August 2020.
Read about Mikael’s 2018 Three Peak Challenge
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WELCOMING INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS Thanks to our community’s support of the UWC Refugee Initiative in 2018/2019, three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)Yelyzaveta, Manaw and Wera, joined UWCSEA in August 2019. They have already lived more challenging lives than most can imagine, marked by war, fear and change.
Yelyzaveta, Ukraine
Manaw, Myanmar
Wera, Myanmar
Yelyzaveta joins from Ukraine. It’s been a long journey since her family fled home when fighting came to her city. Manaw and Wera come from Myanmar, where unrest and fear of persecution forced them to flee with their families to refugee camps on the Thai border. Whilst they have faced these extreme challenges in their childhoods, their faith in the indomitable human spirit and their sense of resilience and determination, will be combined with a UWC education focusing on peace and reconciliation, ensuring them bright futures.
ABOUT THE UWC REFUGEE INITIATIVE 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, UWC International recognised an acute need to further increase the number of refugee students being granted access to a world-class education at a UWC school or college. UWC International thus launched the UWC Refugee Initiative in 2016, with the aim to raise funds for an additional 100 scholarships per year for refugee students. Thanks to UWCSEA community support, four refugee scholars attended other UWCs in 2018/2019.
Read more about the UWC Refugee Initiative
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OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME IN 2018/2019 Thanks to support from the UWCSEA community, 98 scholars received a UWC education in 2018/2019.
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New scholars welcomed to UWCSEA
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joined Grade 8 on a five-year scholarship joined Grade 10FIB on a three-year scholarship joined Grade 11 on two-year scholarships
Scholars receiving a UWC education scholars at UWCSEA UWCSEA Refugee Scholarship at UWC Dilijan (South Sudanese) UWCSEA Refugee Scholarships at UWC Mostar (Palestinian and South Sudanese) UWCSEA Refugee Scholarship at UWC Atlantic (Sri Lankan) Singaporean Scholar at UWC Costa Rica UWCSEA Staff Funded Scholarships at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa UWCSEA Staff Funded Scholarships at UWC Mahindra
Countries across the world are represented by scholars
• Argentina • Belarus • Belgium • Bhutan • Brazil • Burkina Faso • Cambodia • China • Colombia • Denmark • Estonia • Ethiopia • Fiji • Germany • Ghana • Guatemala • Guyana • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Israel • Italy • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Laos • Malaysia • Mexico • Mongolia • Myanmar • Netherlands • Peru • Philippines • Portugal • Russia • Senegal • Serbia • Spain • Taiwan • Tanzania • Uganda • Uruguay • USA • Vietnam
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Europe
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North and Central America
Asia
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Africa
South America
Oceania
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Europe
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Africa
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South America
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North and Central America
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STAFF SCHOLARSHIP FUND EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE UWCSEA staff know firsthand the transformative power of education, and their generosity demonstrates the strong culture of philanthropy that emanates from every corner of our community. Since 1996, College staff have joined forces to help transform the lives of 24 promising young people from challenging backgrounds by funding scholarships through the UWCSEA Staff Scholarship Fund. Scholars receive funding to attend either Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa (Swaziland) or UWC Mahindra College (India). • Over 200 staff members contributed to the Fund in 2018/2019 through monthly salary deductions. • UWCSEA staff are part of the selection process for Mahindra, travelling to the Lamdon School in Ladakh to meet potential scholars. Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa sends profiles of admitted scholars and the UWCSEA Staff Scholarship Committee make the selection. • On a discretionary basis, the fund also assists with a small number of high-need UWCSEA scholars with costs involved in transitioning to university: for example, visa fees, arrival costs and airfares, if their university scholarship does not cover these expenses.
“I donate because it is such an easy thing to do and has such a big impact on the lives of potential scholars. It is literally the least I can do and that seems like something worth doing.” JABIZ RAISDANA, Head of Grade 6, East
“I truly believe in the power of a UWC education to open minds, hearts and eyes to make the world a better place. I donate to the Staff Scholarship Fund because it is such a powerful way to give lifechanging opportunities to children of tremendous potential.” NORA DONOHUE, Grade 5 teacher, East
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Scholar Spotlight
Aaliya ’20 from India
Her scholarship was funded by a Changemaker Scholarship: funds from three families were pooled together to create a two-year IBDP scholarship for this young student with enormous potential. “Hello! I am Aaliya, I come from Mumbai, where my father is a bus driver and my mom is a housewife. My parents are deeply committed to the importance of education, and they sent me to a very good school run by Akanksha, an NGO that provides education for children from low income families.
What gets me up every morning is not my alarm, but the will to be educated, to make a difference, to learn something new every day, and to give back to society. My favourite subject at UWCSEA is Global Politics, which is not about learning about issues and discussing them—it is about what can we do to find solutions to the challenge and raising our voices to make change. Over the school holidays between Grade 11 and 12, I returned to India to study development and human rights issues. With the Encounter India programme, I experienced life in rural India and learned about the development complexities and new approaches. I travelled to different urban and rural villages to learn about the historical and cultural context of issues related to income inequality, education, caste, gender and religious fundamentalism. I was deeply challenged to think about my identity and where I stand and how I can play a role in shaping the future of my country. I also volunteered at the Aarju Foundation in Mumbai, learning about experiences of the transgender community, and how many are deprived of education, employment and housing. Outside of the classroom, I love playing football, singing and dancing. I also really enjoy my weekly Service work with the Special Olympics Service badminton players in Singapore—I’ve learned so much about patience and creativity. After UWCSEA, I hope to attend a liberal arts college in the United States. I feel so lucky to be at UWCSEA. By being part of this diverse community, I am inspired every day to be a better global citizen, and in the future I will put it to the best possible use to create positive community change. Dhanyawad.” Thank you to Dev Kumar and Yasodha Rajadurai, Julianne and Jeremy Martin, and Ravi and Sumati Raheja for creating this transformational opportunity.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING Educating for Excellence
Gifts to Teaching and Learning allow the College to implement innovative student learning programmes and professional development opportunities for staff, thus allowing our community members to grow and thrive together in line with their greatest needs and grandest dreams.
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Chinese Culture and History Programme Twice a week for one hour, 29 students in Grades 5–12 at Dover Campus gathered with teacher, Mr Jack Li, for a special after school activity, the Chinese Culture and History programme. This programme started in 2017, thanks to the generosity of a UWCSEA family who were keen to encourage students to deepen and widen their appreciation for the unique Chinese traditions and values, and at the same time, enhance their spoken Mandarin. For native Mandarin speakers, the programme allows them to connect to their Chinese cultural identity. And for non-native Mandarin speakers, the programme introduces them to the rich traditions of Chinese culture, which are fundamental to understanding and mastering Mandarin.
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Subjects • Philosophy
• National treasures
• East and West comparison
• Literature
• Ways to treat parents
• Entertainment
• History
• Music
• City introduction
• Customs
• Fans
• Festivals
• Paper cutting
• Ancient Chinese Astronomy
• Language
• Food
• Calligraphy
Stopping by the classroom this year, a visitor may have seen students learning mahjong, reenacting a scene from a Chinese opera, practising their Chinese calligraphy brush strokes, or discussing Chinese philosophy. Mr Li’s lessons were dynamic and interesting—full of discussions and hands-on learning opportunities. Students shared:
“The idioms we learned were very useful and now I understand these phrases in greater detail which also helped me with my everyday Chinese.” “The most impressive things I learned in the activity were the rich history and legends behind Chinese customs, and the different cultures within China even though it is one country.” “Thank you so much, I enjoyed everything! I wish I could enrol again next year.” Learning about different cultures is more important than ever in today’s busy world as it creates connections to traditional values and understanding between diverse groups—how very UWC!
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SheHacks 1.0
We’re just High School kids, what can we do about it? Looking around their Computer Science classes, a group of five High School girls couldn’t help but notice that the number of female students was incredibly low. But instead of sitting back and accepting the status quo, they worked together to create change. During their after-school activity, Girls in Tech, at the IDEAS Hub, they designed SheHacks—an all female hackathon for beginners, designed to inspire, empower and unite girls to pursue Computer Science. SheHacks co-founder Jaanvi says, “At first I was really skeptical, and I thought ‘We’re just High School kids, what can we do about it?’”. But with the support of the IDEAS Hub Technical Manager and boundless enthusiasm, the project was launched. Sponsors and mentors from Google, JP Morgan, ThoughtWorks and Visa quickly came aboard. After months of planning and despite several last-minute obstacles, the hackathon was held at Google’s Singapore offices 23–24 February 2019 with over 90 participants from schools across Singapore. The theme of SheHacks was ‘Empowerment’ and it was open to female students even if they had never coded before. With the help of an impressive slate of female mentors from across the tech industry, attendees learned how to put together a pitch and had the chance to present their idea to the crowd. By all accounts, the event was a roaring success and the team looks forward to SheHacks 2.0. For Jaanvi, one of the most exciting outcomes of the project was the creation of a strong female coding community at UWCSEA; empowering, motivating and supporting each other. Jaanvi says, “It’s my passion to show other girls that anything is possible. Even in our well off society, there is still a stigma about STEM, and I want to tell other girls to do what you love. Ignore the comments that limit you, such as ‘She’s such a nerd.’ I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to do this.” SheHacks was co-founded by Jaanvi Chopra, Jamie Lin, Disha Mohta, Gaurika Sawheny and Tanisha Sethi. The donor-funded IDEAS Hub at Dover Campus aims to provide a place that inspires and supports our community to explore, innovate, collaborate and create sustainable solutions to shape a better world. Find out more:
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Books and Burritos Books and Burritos is a professional learning book club for staff on Dover Campus. Initiated by Kurt Wittig, Teacher Librarian, staff had the option to sign up to read one or three books throughout the academic year. Books were selected for their compatibility with the UWC mission, our College strategy and overall quality. The short list is created from books that have been reviewed and recommended by UWCSEA staff. On a professional learning day, participants had a chance to meet up for a burrito lunch and to discuss their thoughts and findings about their reading. Throughout the year, staff could test out ideas and strategies from the book and then share their feedback with the group. Funds were used to support the purchasing of books (not burritos!) that would have been beyond the means of the College’s professional learning and development budget. 185 staff members participated in the programme and feedback was extremely positive, with many reporting it was the best professional development opportunity of the year. Many teachers went on to run workshops for other staff members, based on what they learned in the book(s) they had read. Inspired by the overwhelming success of Books and Burritos, other departments followed suit and set up their own professional development book clubs, including the first book club for administration staff!
“I loved it. It was personalised. It was individualised. It allowed me a chance to talk with colleagues from different departments. It was meaningful and it will have an impact on my teaching practice.” TIM PRUZINSKY, High School teacher, Dover
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AIDA
bringing music to life Every two years, the East Drama and Music Departments join forces to create a grand collaborative arts production. For the 2018/2019 school year, it was AIDA. AIDA was chosen because it teaches lessons of strength, cross-cultural alliances and friendship— values that UWCSEA nurtures and encourages in its student community. While the Drama department was busy casting actors and designing sets, the Music department was conducting auditions for stage band musicians and starring vocalists. They were also faced with an interesting opportunity due to the department’s sound engineer being recalled for National Service deployment.
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“We saw that there was an opportunity here for everyone involved in the show to upskill in sound design, including staff, students and Facilities team members.” LEE TISDALL-MCPHEE, Head of Music, East AIDA calls for a 13-piece band, which includes guitar, drums, keyboard, percussion and a string quartet and there was a great deal of sound design and engineering to be done to produce a high quality performance. Using contributions made through the UWCSEA Fund, the Music Department was able to engage a sound engineer from LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) to work as a teaching consultant with staff and students over a two-week period. The engineer covered many topics with the group, including teaching students how to set up a pit band and how to adjust the tone of their instruments for a professional sound performance. Students observed how a professional sound engineer needs to work in collaboration with musicians to create the final performance, rather than as separate entities. Staff learned how to tune the sound system in the auditorium and a great deal about professional sound design techniques. “It was really a fantastic learning experience for everyone. Students learned about the process that is required to create a high-level production and involving the Facilities staff was an enormous benefit, because the more people that can contribute to the production, the better,” says Lee Tisdall-McPhee, Head of Music, East. Producing a show of such high quality really allowed East’s advanced instrumental and vocal musicians to shine. They were challenged to stretch themselves and their musicianship to another level, which has the potential to help them with their studies at higher levels and opened their eyes to career opportunities in musical theatre. Some of the students even used their musical performances in AIDA as part of their university applications. AIDA was staged in January 2019, in four sold-out performances which received an overwhelming response by over 1,600 audience members. Students and staff still reminisce about what a fabulous production it was.
“The learning the students take away from it, stays with them for their entire lives.” LEE TISDALL-MCPHEE
Other Teaching and Learning initiatives funded in 2018/2019: Peer support training | Retreat space for students and counsellors | Learning spaces | Exploring pathways for UWCSEA students | Professional learning on mental health | EAL support for Boarding house students | Boarding house counsellor
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SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
Shaping the Eco-Entrepreneurs of the Future
Sustainability issues are a priority at the College and for Singapore. The unique UWC mission challenges the community to take action: charging personal and collective responsibility for creating a more peaceful and sustainable future, including tackling the world’s ecological imperatives.
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Dover Green Heart
Outdoor biodiversity classroom and research lab In July 2019, UWCSEA celebrated a hallmark commitment to sustainability education and the bio-diversity of Singapore, by breaking ground on our first green classroom, the Dover Green Heart. Five years in-the-making, the Dover Green Heart was borne out of the recognition that in our increasingly urban and technology-focused world, students are more separated from the natural world than ever before. Decreased exposure to the natural environment not only reduces children’s knowledge about their surroundings, but also undermines their ability to comprehend the scale and urgency of some of the most concerning issues of our time, including climate change and biodiversity loss.
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In 2014, a team of eco-visionaries began quietly dreaming and laying the foundation for the Green Heart project. Led by Nathan Hunt, UWCSEA’s former Director of Sustainability, the team’s vision was exciting and expansive. The team wanted the Green Heart to encompass functional spaces for student environmental groups working to propagate indigenous plants, including a beautiful natural balcony for gatherings, shaded outdoor classrooms and, most importantly, for it to be a natural playground where students could explore, wonder and engage with nature. Co-funded by the College and the community, the Green Heart has three phases of development: infrastructure, landscaping and staffing. In the 2018/2019 school year, after receiving the final government approvals, initial infrastructure work was completed, including the demolition of the existing space, installation of waterproof flooring and signage, and the erection of superstructures. In 2019/2020 as the final funding is secured, the project will move into the landscaping phase, which includes building planter boxes and ponds, installing irrigation, drainage and electricity systems and an accessibility ramp. As the Green Heart becomes integrated into daily life at Dover Campus, students will have multiple opportunities to use the space. Teachers will be encouraged to use the Green Heart for Unit of Study lessons and after-school gardening. In addition, rainforest nursery activities will have a permanent home and local gardening and ecology groups in the Dover neighbourhood will be welcomed. The space will foster collaboration throughout the College as community members work together, with common goals from differing resources and experiences, thus growing in their learning and furthering the work of the UWC mission. At UWCSEA, environmental stewardship is a major part of every child’s education and by supporting students to become eco-literate and helping them to develop the essential knowledge, skills and commitment to care, we hope to turn an ecological crisis into an exciting transformation of our economies and societies. With the expected completion of the Green Heart in the next two years, we can confidently say the future is bright—and it is green!
Green Heart Construction developments • a main pathway from the bus bay to the High School Block was laid out and installed • tiles were picked and installed in the Ecology Centre area • the repurposed container was relocated onto the site • trellis structures were installed • tree planters were strategically located at structural grid intersections to accommodate their weight • mechanical equipment was relocated so that a ramp could be installed • the circular stairs up to the top of the container, along with decking and railing for future events, were completed
Robin McAdoo, UWCSEA parent and landscape architect, designed the creative concept for the space, which has evolved and grown over time:
“Over the last year, it was so reassuring to meet with a few of the many individuals from Primary School to High School who will take the intentions and ideas of the Green Heart and nurture and cultivate them into a meaningful reality. I am grateful beyond words to be a part of something that can provide so much in the way of exposure to the natural environment to the entire Dover community.”
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Adopt a Tree
Digging in and contributing to Singapore’s biodiversity For the last several years, our community has been putting down virtual and deeply symbolic roots at the College. Parents, staff, students, alumni and family members have been getting their hands dirty—loosening soil, digging holes and mulching in saplings they have sponsored through UWCSEA’s Adopt a Tree programme. Across our campuses, over 250 trees have been planted, providing a home for small animals, nesting places for birds, improved air quality and reducing soil erosion. As a result, the campuses have beautiful groves and stands of trees in areas that were previously bare. Avocado, bamboo, coconut, red gum, durian, mango, oil palm, paperbark and white meranti are just a few of the 100 tree varieties that have been planted, creating lush and verdant green spaces contributing to Singapore’s long-term goal of biodiversity conservation. Many of the rainforest trees that were adopted through the programme have been grown by students in the Rainforest Restoration Nurseries, specialist nurseries on both Dover and East that raise critically endangered tree seedlings while teaching students about reforestation and conservation challenges. The partnership between the Adopt a Tree programme and the Rainforest Restoration Nurseries are mutually beneficial; giving students a hands-on opportunity to learn about propagating seeds and saplings, and community members a chance to contribute to biodiversity conservation and our local environment. Due to the tremendous generosity of our community, the Adopt a Tree programmes officially ended on Dover and East as they successfully reached their planting goals in 2018/2019. Gardeners and students have now taken over the propagation and planting of replacement growth as necessary. Thank you to everyone who adopted a tree! The UWCSEA gardeners and students look after each tree throughout its lifespan, with passion and pride.
“We adopted a tree as a family because it was a memorable way of giving back to UWCSEA and the environment. Our hope is that it continues to grow and thrive, along with our children, for years to come.” SANDY LO, parent, Dover
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Solar for UWCSEA Lighting up classrooms and imaginations
2018/2019 was a dazzling year for the solar panel programme at UWCSEA, with the first community solar panel installation at East Campus. The East solar initiative grew from a seed of an idea that was planted many years ago, when the Solar for East students were in Middle School and were inspired by the success of the Solar for Dover project. Now truly a College initiative, Solar for UWCSEA is all about making the world a better—and brighter—place, as well as playing an important role in developing our students as a generation of changemakers.
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EAST SWITCHING ON TO SOLAR Only two years ago, a group of dedicated students started to plan, ask questions and research a way forward for the solar panel project they had designed. Discussions took place with the Facilities team, solar panel companies, school leaders, school departments and with potential donors. Technical and design questions were explored. Students determined how to persuade the College’s Board of Governors about the viability of their project, with the long- and short-term projections of financial and maintenance issues, which meant having to become thoroughly conversant with the data, ready with answers and completely confident in their knowledge and understanding of the issues. With funding from generous donors and the East Campus Parents’ Association, the first solar installation event took place in February 2019. On this day, the East Campus community saw with their own eyes where ‘running with a passion’ can lead when you have a group of committed students with a common cause. Solar for East has been a tremendous learning experience for the student team and the installation event was an education for community members too about the power of collective action to create transformative change. Looking ahead to 2019/2020, the Solar teams will continue to raise funds for new panels as we seek to complete this vital project.
“It is difficult to think which of the elements of the UWCSEA profile were not required in this project! Whether it was showing resilience and creativity when being asked by the Board to return once they had further developed their plan, or finessing their communication prowess to persuade donors of the long term impact and value of the project, the students had to draw on their skills and qualities, rely on those of others in the team, and possibly develop particular ones at different stages of the planning, design and implementation.” CATHY JONES, High School Vice Principal, East
Other Sustainability education initiatives funded in 2018/2019: Rainforest Restoration Nurseries | Tree planting | Edible Gardens | Biodiversity Landscaping | Biodiversity and Biomimicry | Marine Conservation | Composting
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Our Shared Values in Action
Staff, parents and alumni generously give their time, treasure and talent to the College. Collectively, they are bringing the UWC mission to life, building a more peaceful and sustainable world through their dedication, service and generosity.
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Class Giving Campaign Stronger together
Class Giving is an opportunity for students to come together with their classmates to celebrate a fantastic year and leave a lasting legacy at the College. It is a grassroots fundraising initiative, led by parents, creating relationships and community across the College while taking action in line with the UWC mission. In 2019, an enthusiastic group of parent volunteers from both campuses greatly expanded the programme. Throughout the entire month of May they worked tirelessly to roll out the initiative across the College. Parents contacted other parents in the class, got the ball rolling with students and teachers, ramped up the excitement throughout the month and brought everyone together to decide on a meaningful initiative for each class. Some classes undertook a ‘30 days of kindness’ campaign with students committing to one act of kindness per day, and others decided to make a financial gift supporting a new tree on campus, purchasing part of a solar panel or donating funds to support the UWC Refugee initiative or Sky School.
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By the end of the school year the results were absolutely outstanding: over 600 families, in 46 classes across nine grades had generously donated over $48,000! The power of collective giving and the spirit of philanthropy is alive and well at UWCSEA. During the last two weeks of the school year, students, teachers and families had the chance to bring their gifts to life. Solar donors climbed up on the rooftops to install their solar panels and Adopt a Tree donors had a chance to plant and water their baby saplings. Those who donated to the UWC Refugee Initiative had talks in their classrooms from scholars passionate about the refugee programme and Sky School donors were lucky enough to hear from the organisation’s founders, Polly and Mia about how their donations will change lives. Thank you to all the incredible parent volunteers and to all the donors for their generous contributions to the Class Giving Campaign and taking the time to build connections throughout the College and bring the UWC mission to life.
“The Class Giving Programme in the Primary School has had such a huge impact - it is difficult to find the words to describe it. Whilst the work and success of the programme; the number of solar panels sponsored and installed as well as trees planted, is incredibly valuable and mission aligned work, it is the community pulling together in authentic ways that has really blown us away. Couple this with the inspirational and impactful modelling of student agency from older students to younger ones and you get a small glimpse of how wide the ripples extend from this initiative. The students involved and their commitment and passion for the projects, have really demonstrated that with a positive mindset and hard work, you can achieve anything. The Class Giving initiative really is a shining example of our students as changemakers, taking action to make a difference for others.� PAULINE MARKEY, Primary School Principal, East
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PARENT AMBASSADORS CHAMPIONS OF PHILANTHROPY UWCSEA Foundation Parent Ambassadors are a group of over 100 passionate and committed parents who represent the Foundation within the UWCSEA community. Easily spotted by their bright orange lanyards, they tirelessly champion and support activities and events, increasing awareness of the impact of giving to the College, and encouraging members of the community to make a contribution of time, treasure or talent. Ambassadors run the much loved Dinners with Scholars events and sustainability tours, they represent the Foundation at numerous parent coffee mornings and community events—and so much more. Here are just a few of the highlights from 2018/2019:
“As a Parent Ambassador, my small role in helping the Foundation reach its fundraising targets is immensely satisfying, but also allows me to connect more deeply with the mission of UWC and help create the best possible environment for my own child’s development.” BEN WILSON, Foundation Parent Ambassador
“The Parent Ambassadors motivate me to do more, give more, be the best version of myself that I can be for my children, for our UWCSEA community and for our planet.” NEHA PATEL, Foundation Parent Ambassador
“Something beautiful happens when like-minded people work together towards a common goal: to create a positive change in the world. Being a Foundation Parent Ambassador is the opportunity to ‘be the change we want to see’ and help to make the world that little bit better.” LESLEY OLEJNIK-MCBRIDE, Foundation Parent Ambassador
Sustainability tours in Mandarin For the first time, the Foundation Parent Ambassadors offered their very popular campus sustainability tour in Mandarin. Two Mandarin tours were offered in May 2019 and they were booked out within days. The Ambassadors are hoping to expand their language offerings as demand grows.
New programme – Home Away from Home dinners Over the weekend of 2–3 March 2019, 30 UWCSEA day families opened their homes and offered huge smiles and a warm welcome to over 50 students from our boarding houses. The families and boarders were brought together through the ‘Home Away from Home’ initiative (co-organised by the Foundation Parent Ambassadors, and the Parents’ Association on each campus) to share a delicious home-cooked meal, great conversation, and cultural traditions. Over 300 boarding students make the UWCSEA campuses their home during the academic year—many leaving behind family, siblings, extended family and pets. The Home Away from Home programme gives boarders a chance to reconnect with a family environment and for everyone involved to create new friendships and bonds across the UWCSEA community.
“We really enjoyed meeting the students and sharing stories about our different cultures and foods.” – UWCSEA FAMILY “I loved watching the friendship develop between my kids and the boarders.” – UWCSEA FAMILY “We made dumplings together and I felt so at home with the family. I can say that night was one of the best nights that I have had at UWCSEA!” – BOARDING STUDENT Flash mob Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Dover Community Fair and the East Family Festival, a drum roll began and in a moment of surprise, over a hundred parents, students, Foundation Parent Ambassadors and staff emerged from the crowd, wearing matching UWC blue bandanas, and joined together in a choreographed flash mob. The dancers were spreading the message of unity through diversity, and unfurled national flags and banners during a show stopping finale.
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ALUMNI GIVING MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE In 2018/2019, thanks to generous support from the alumni community, the College was able to open the doors to more scholars, build and grow sustainability projects and welcome additional refugees and Internally Displaced Person scholars to UWC campuses worldwide.
$833,637 Gifts from alumni
63% of Reunion 2019 attendees participated in the Reunion Class Gift, supporting the UWC Refugee Initiative
We couldn’t do it without you! Thank you to all of our incredible alumni who so generously support giving initiatives.
Alumni at Reunion 2019.
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Class of ’86 Giving
brings Iraqi refugee scholar to UWC Mostar Impassioned alum and Foundation Leadership Council trustee, Tord Stallvik ’86, kickstarted a class-wide fundraising drive to fund a refugee scholar to attend a UWC. As a result of their efforts, Baraa started Grade 11 at UWC Mostar in August 2019. Baraa grew up in Mosul and was forced to flee to Baghdad when Mosul came under ISIS occupation. She says: “My life before UWC was studying while looking through the window. After coming here to UWC, I now realise that I can take my books with me and go to see what is behind those windows. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.” Thanks to Tord’s passion and vision, the Class of 1986 is the first class to create a refugee scholarship through The UWC Refugee Initiative.
Thank you to our global alumni volunteers who so generously give their time to: Host and organise events around the world | Share their career experience with current students at the College’s annual Careers Fair | Connect fellow alumni to job opportunities | Volunteer on UWC Committees and support the College in so many other ways.
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GIVING BEYOND THE COLLEGE Our Community Commitments
UWCSEA is fully committed to the life-changing nature of the experience of serving others and in the responsibility we have to one another and the planet. Community volunteering and fundraising are at the heart of the College’s Culture of Giving.
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SERVING OTHERS Through the Service programme, students are empowered to become aware, able and active contributors to the community, whether on campus, locally in Singapore or internationally with a project in a developing country. UWCSEA parents passionately give hundreds of hours per year both to the College and to local Service initiatives such as PACE - the Parents’ Action for Community and Education that has been in operation for 20 years. Here are just a few snapshots of our dedicated volunteers in action; examples of how they are leaving a lasting mark on communities, bringing joy, making connections and building understanding.
SERVICE BY THE NUMBERS
$494,000 Money raised by Dover for foreign charitable purposes
$625,000 Total collection
$131,000 Money raised by East for foreign charitable purposes
$34,890
Total raised for/by SEALinks
10,957
Staff hours
Dover staff hours 6,059 East staff hours 4,898
1.5
82,970
93,927
Student hours
37,471 Dover student hours 45,499 East student hours
Total Service hours
Average number of hours volunteered weekly by students and Service leaders
53
Service partners in Singapore
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Our Global Concerns programme Students making a mark
The College’s Service programme beyond Singapore is called Global Concerns (GC). A unique student run and led programme, there are 57 GCs at the College, enacting a wide variety of activities and projects reflecting a range of global development challenges and associated environmental issues with a particular focus on the climate emergency. Projects address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, providing opportunity, empowering communities and addressing social, economic, gender, education and health disparities. In 2018/2019 students took action to address both localised and systemic issues. Activities range from such immediate actions as providing diapers for a children’s home in China, to helping to secure Singapore’s long term climate security and bio-diversity by driving rainforest restoration projects.
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In 2018/2019, the Dover Global Concerns programme:
Environmental Projects • Seeded up, nurtured and planted hundreds of indigenous rainforest trees in Singapore • Installed bio-digesters and solar ovens in Cambodia • Encouraged recycling, up-cycling and income generation • Advocated for animals; raised their voices against poaching and the illegal wildlife trade; built new humane enclosures for sunbears
• Saved over five tonnes of meat through the vegetarian Wednesday initiative, equivalent to 135 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is the same as us collectively not driving over 500,000 kilometres • Campaigned against ocean plastics • Supported turtle protection schemes in Tioman • Put solar lighting into a rural village in India
Empowerment • Rescued seven people from human traffickers in Vietnam
• Sponsored a Work for Cloth programme, bringing dignity to people’s lives
• Sunk 100 wells in Cambodia
• Sold handicrafts to enable people to earn a living wage
• Built 95 houses in Cambodia and seven houses in Guatemala • Saw 2,500 new families join the Tabitha savings programme • Supported income generation projects, bought pigs and chickens • Added a sturdy construction to a community centre in Brazil
• Supported the visually impaired to develop their independent living skills • Assisted communities infected and affected with HIV AIDS • Provided maternal health care in remote communities in Indonesia • Wrote letters advocating for political change
Education, Children and Health • Sponsored 100 children to attend school in Vietnam
• Sponsored cancer treatment for those who would otherwise not be able to afford it in India
• Provided lunches for 1,500 children through Blue Dragon in Vietnam
• Helped children of migrant construction workers in Mumbai obtain an education
• Delivered nutritional and milk programmes in Vietnam • Sponsored a student in Tanzania
• Provided scholarships for students in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, Ladakh, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Cambodia
• Supported quality education in the Kalahari
• Purchased diapers for a children’s home in China
• Developed literacy in native tongues; published books in Laotian language
• Supported abandoned children in China
• Funded assessment and support for students facing learning challenges; funded much needed physio equipment to enable young people to reach their full growth and potential
• Gave children living and working on the streets safe home lives and an education
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In harmony
fostering intergenerational understanding APEX Harmony Lodge in Pasir Ris has been a home away from home for persons with dementia since 1999, and is Singapore’s first and only purpose built dementia care facility. Since 2011, UWCSEA has supported APEX Harmony in their journey to building inclusive and empowering spaces for persons with dementia. East Campus students provide residents with positive experiences to stimulate their memories through music. A recent study of the impact of music therapy at the Lodge showed positive results of the service. Through the ‘Music with Reminiscence’ programme, students were trained in the Observed Emotions Rating Scale (OERS) and Personal Enhancers (PEs) and between 2016 and 2018, 33 students applied these skills in their work with 61 residents. The results indicated statistically significant increases in scores of positive emotions for residents. There was also a significant increase in student understanding of people living with dementia and the positive impact of music and personal interactions on elderly people. APEX Harmony Lodge is helming a compassionate, one-of-a-kind dementia care model for their residents, day-care elders and those living with dementia in the community, and UWCSEA is proud to have been part of their growth. We were thrilled that UWCSEA was honoured as an ‘Outstanding Synergistic Partner’ of APEX Harmony Lodge, as they celebrated 20 years of operations in 2019. In an award ceremony on 21 September, Eivind Lodemel (Head of High School Music, East), who has been leading the music therapy facilitation project, and Rick Hannah (Chair of Service and Sustainable Development) accepted the award on behalf of the College. The award ceremony was graced by President of the Republic of Singapore Madam Halimah Yacob as the Guest-of-Honour. The service project at APEX Harmony Lodge, is just one example of how our student volunteers are building intergenerational understanding and social relationships in their communities, volunteering their time to create a thriving and inclusive social environment.
Read about UWCSEA’s long standing commitment to Service in Singapore
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PACE guests from HCA Hospice
get the full UWCSEA experience Parents’ Action for Community and Education (PACE) is a volunteer parent-led organisation that falls under the Service umbrella of the College. PACE serves the UWCSEA community, across both campuses, via activities and events that provide both a social network and the opportunity to contribute.
It was all smiles on Friday, 10 May 2019, as 18 men and women from HCA Hospice Care were taken on a customised, wheelchair-friendly sustainability tour of Dover Campus. The special event was the long-awaited brainchild of parent volunteer group, the Parents’ Action for Community and Education (PACE). The volunteers organised a wonderful array of activities and experiences for the visitors, which began the moment they stepped onto campus. Throughout the morning, guests were given the full UWCSEA experience—from being serenaded by our Junior School student-singers and soloists, to traveling to far-away places at the exciting IDEAS Hub green screen room, to getting their creative juices flowing with a fun string-art activity. The tour also took them around the campus, where they learnt about UWCSEA’s sustainability mission and exchanged stories with our students. Looking across the smiling faces on the day, the joy from all present was palpable. And for good reason: it was a big occasion for both PACE and HCA—two groups who have worked closely together for a decade.
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“I like volunteering with PACE because it connects me to the mission of the school. As a parent, I hear and witness my kids’ experience with the service component of their education. It’s really nice to have my own way to serve the local and regional community as well as connect with other UWCSEA parents at the same time.” JOANNA WHITLEY, parent, East
HCA Hospice Care is a registered charity providing comfort and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. For years, PACE has been tirelessly working with HCA Hospice Care, organising entertainment, celebrating many different cultural events, keeping them company and learning about their lives and stories twice a month. It seemed natural then, for PACE volunteers to, conversely, bring some of the hospice patients to us, giving them an interactive experience of UWCSEA, to celebrate this long-standing relationship between UWCSEA and the tight-knit HCA community. The positive impact of the visit on the men and women from HCA Hospice Care cannot be understated. It takes a lot to be able to engage with people from all walks of life and the event successfully allowed for seamless and meaningful engagement. Said one participant, “I especially liked the students’ performances, as well as the way they come to sit side by side and chat with us during lunch time, which show that students in this school are well-educated and have loving hearts. Teachers here have done a good job! Their performances and company greatly cheered up my spirit.” The hard work of community engagement goes beyond the tour. PACE’s regular visits to HCA Day Hospice in Kwong Wai Shu Hospital leave a lasting mark on the Hospice’s patients. In November 2018, patients from HCA Hospice Care were taken on an outing to the Science Centre by PACE volunteers. For many of the patients, the volunteers’ regular visits bring joy to their days. Shared Carol Lam, a PACE volunteer, “A patient asked me to sit down next to him. He couldn’t help but burst into tears, saying that he really appreciates our love and help, while he feels that usually the elderly are the group being neglected. When he sees us, he’s happy. I told him honestly that we enjoy being and helping at HCA. I think it’s a place to celebrate life, to celebrate what the elderly have achieved in their lives, and what they have contributed to society.” PACE hopes to continue the campus tour annually, with plans to expand its array of activities to include planting rainforest tree seedlings in biodegradable pots in the forthcoming Dover Green Heart.
Over the last 20 years of dedicated service PACE volunteers have: set up two libraries in Myanmar, built nine schools in Cambodia and two in Myanmar, provided 20 years of hospice service in Singapore, donated over 200,000 lunches to children in need and helped over 100 children graduate from college in the Philippines.
Read more about PACE
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GIVING AT A GLANCE
Financial Overview and Donor Roll
The transformative power of collective giving is truly inspiring. Donations to the UWCSEA Fund, regardless of size, have an immediate impact as they are pooled together to the greatest effect. Together we stand; together we are stronger. Thank you for including UWCSEA in your in your giving priorities.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
$3.19 million
2,184
New Gifts and Pledges*
Unique Donors
30%
21%
63%
58%
Families donating
Staff donating
Reunion 2019 attendees participated in Reunion Class Giving
Graduating Class Giving
Programmes and Priorities
$1,938,715
Scholarships
$610,546
Endowment
Sustainable Development
General Purpose Gifts
Teaching and Learning
$447,846
$152,582
$40,319
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ENDOWMENT Gifts to support the endowment help ensure the long term financial sustainability of our broad range of programmes and initiatives.
$10.6 million
Endowment Fund value
$5,005,000 Unrestricted Funds (General)
$720,546 New gifts received
$5,608,000 Restricted Funds
5.6%
Investment return (since inception)
* Including pledges made in 2018/2019 and to be paid in future years. Donors who are members of more than one community group are reflected in all relevant constituencies. At the time of publication, the figures included in this report are unaudited numbers for financial year 2018/2019 at 31 July 2019.
NAMED ENDOWED FUNDS To secure the long-term future and financial security of the College, endowed funds have been set up by individuals and groups of donors so that future generations can benefit from a UWCSEA education. UWCSEA College Lizanne and Robert A. Milton Endowed Scholarship Shripriya Ramanan Artist-inResidence Programme
Parents’ Association East Parents’ Association Dover Iain Ewing Memorial The Scholarship Fund
Davis UWCSEA Community Endowed Scholarship Annual Fund Endowment MAC3 Refugee Scholarship
Fredrik Fosse ’03 Endowment Fund Ormiston Family Endowed Scholarship Anonymous donor
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1971 SOCIETY MEMBERS Named in honour of the year the College was opened by then Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, the 1971 Society recognises those who have made cumulative lifetime gifts of $10,000 or more to UWCSEA. Through their generosity, these benefactors are helping the College remain at the forefront of international education. Chairman’s Circle ($1,000,000 and above) Lizanne ’83 and Robert A. Milton ’78 Gale and Shelby Davis Lee Hysan Foundation Ricardo and Petra Portabella MAC3
Patrons ($500,000 and $999,999) Kewalram Chanrai Group Trafigura Pte Ltd. Andy and Mei Budden UWC Denmark National Committee Bataua Scholarship Fund Dauren Yerdebay The Sassoon Family Foundation Anonymous gifts made by 2 donors
Benefactors ($100,000 and $499,999) S and V Foundation Capital International Inc. Suhardiman Hartono MacFadden Family Kirtida and Bharat Mekani Mara McAdams and David Hand Shiv and Urvashi Khemka Gary Basil Scholarship Fund AT Capital Pte Ltd Mary Ann Tsao Robinson SK-NIS Mayank Singhal of PI Industries Ltd Sonia Nayaham and Hari Kumar In Memory of Sarojini Viswalingam Reza and Imelda Sasmito Safavi Nang Lang Kham ’07 Nang Kham Noung ’09 Nang Mo Hom ’14 A grateful UWCSEA family In Honour of the late Lal Kumar and Dr. Rajadurai Leon Le Mercier ’94 Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors KMG International N.V. Ravi and Sumati Raheja Sanjay and Ravina Kirpalani UWC National Committee of Germany Fredrik Fosse ’03
Maxim and Altynay Telemtayev UWC Changsu China UWCSEA East Parents’ Association UWC Spain National Committee Ormiston Family Waltermann Family, Teresa ’10, Helena ’12, Leo ’16 Karan Adani ’05 Puan Sri Low Siew Hoong Education Fund Anonymous gifts made by 5 donors
Fellows ($50,000 and $99,999) Dato Abdul Rahman Abdul Shariff and Datin Dr. Mona Abdul Rahman Prince of Wales Trust Family Harrold Manzoni Family Lester and Christine Gray UWCSEA Dover Parents’ Association UWC China National Committee Shripriya Mahesh Ramanan and Ramanan Raghavendran BHP Billiton Yun Dai Family Nitin and Amie Gulabani Scholae Mundi Julianne and Jeremy Martin Anna Mezhentseva Saga Tree Capital Bovornrudee Poonsornsiri Mikael Mörn ’92 Anonymous gifts made by 2 donors
Members ($10,000 and $49,999) Iain and Tejas Ewing Jean de Pourtales Craig Flood ’78 Kush Handa ’78 Haeyong Jung Kishore Mahbubani John Shang ’78 Mr and Mrs Zain C. Willoughby ’78 Julian and Buff Whiteley Tord ’86 and Kimberly Stallvik Satish and Anita Shankar Gay Chee Cheong Mark Koczanowski and Vicky Binns Bindiya and Raj Mishra Dale Fisher ’78
Vinod Sahgal Peter ’83 and Tine Jessen Mr and Mrs Hooi Siew Yan Kennedy-Cooke Family David and Sonja Chong James Dalziel and Nancy Fairburn Viren and Ruchee Desai Arvind and Niharika Tiku Ashwin Ranganathan and Claire Ngo Kandisaputro and Juliet Chris and Fleur Thomas Mr and Mrs G. S. Ramesh Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd Åsa and Magnus Böcker Ben Morgan Ne Aung and Khin Moe Nyunt Soofian ’90 and Fatima Zuberi Jacques Mainguy ’79 Mr and Mrs Sohmen-Pao Ross and Florence Jennings Ko Ko Gyi and Moe Moe Alex Dong Seng Chee and Audrey Ho Ravi and Lakshmi Raju Rigel Technology (S) Pte Ltd Lau Family Mr and Mrs Yaw Chee Ming Wang Piau Voon and Lam Li Min Tek and Angeline Heng Dominic and Tania Pemberton KC Hew Mr and Mrs Shinichi and Emi Tonomura Varun Kodthivada and Tara Gupta Hideshi and Mana Tokoi Jerome and Stephanie David Sheng Zhang and Donna Tang Rob and Jeanette Gilby Prashant and Claudia Kedia Liu Tsu Kun Nisha and Rajesh Raman Newman Family Srinivas Venkatraman Abad Merritt Family Declan and Chisa O’Sullivan Takeda Family Dave and Sue Shepherd Mikhail Nikolaev Ronald Chong ’78 Nicholas Chan Paul Cummins ’78 Bhargava Family
Mikayla Menkes ’17 John Menkes Utsav Ratti ’96 Mark Reinecke ’86 Stirrat Family Julie Ann Kohn and Dan Swift and Family Lan Jian Richard and Zainab Slovenski Hamanaka Family Derek and Katherine Chang Moreau Family McLaughlin Family Jeremy and Janet Snoad Geetha Muthiah Magnier Family Jina Chung’s parents Mario and Francesca Salvatori Sung and Fumi Lee Family Aya Takeda and Joseph Chia Holt Family Beckmann Family Buchan and Malee Love Serena Tang Haroon Family Miran Salgado ’79 Petersik Family Jonathan and Corinne Carter Carmichael Family Masuhr Family Aya and Yukihiro Nomura Chris Edwards Julie and Albert Ovidi Ong Tze Boon and Wang YiYi Young Thomson Family Zhiming Zhang and Yanhong Huang Jennifer and Jason Scott Haupter Family Kenji Sakurai Rupinder and Gurpreet Vohra Joe Liu and Josephine Kang Cheu Seng Lee ’80 Meera Sahgal Pat Kongboonma Tokuhashi Family Kotaro and Itsuko Tamura Pang Family Taeyeon Kim’s Parents Anonymous gifts made by 14 donors
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KURT HAHN SOCIETY MEMBERS Named after the Founder of the UWC movement, the Kurt Hahn Society recognises those who who have shared their intention to leave a legacy to the College as part of their estate planning. These gifts will have a lasting impact on the College and provide the donor with the knowledge that their legacy will live on well into the future. Tui Britton ’86 Andy and Mei Budden
Iain and Tejas Ewing Dave and Sue Shepherd
Julian Whiteley Five anonymous members
ANNUAL GIVING 1971 SOCIETY ANNUAL GIVING Recognising the ongoing support of the generous members of the 1971 Society, who have made gifts of $10,000 or more during the financial year. Karan Adani ’05 Gary Basil Scholarship Fund Bataua Scholarship Fund Gale and Shelby Davis Lester and Christine Gray Hamanaka Family Peter ’83 and Tine Jessen KBZ Scholarship Sanjay and Ravina Kirpalani Cheu Seng Lee ’80
Mara McAdams and David Hand Leon Le Mercier ’94 Mikael Mörn ’92 Aya and Yukihiro Nomura The Ormiston Family Endowed Scholarship Bovornrudee Poonsornsiri Meera Sahgal Sassoon Family Foundation Scholarship
Jennifer and Jason Scott Maxim and Altynay Telemtayev Scholarship Fund Tokuhashi Family Allegra and Spencer Tsao Robinson UWC Changshu China UWC Denmark National Committee Scholarship UWC Germany National Committee Scholarship
UWC Italian Foundation Scholarship UWCSEA East Parents’ Association Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors In Memory of Sarojini Viswalingam Rupinder and Gurpreet Vohra Young Thomson Family Zhiming Zhang and Yanhong Huang Anonymous gifts made by 8 donors
GLOBE GIVING CLUB Recognising members of this annual giving society who made generous gifts of $1,000 or more during the financial year. Alchin Family Alp and Tomoko Ruhi and Sama Amin The Araki Family Nurcahya Basuki Florian and Verena Becker Vicky Berman and George, Eddie and Jamie Rutteman Bhargava Family Iresh Bhaskar Sandra Binny Simon Bignell and Andrea McDonald Bilan-Cooper Family Nick ’98 and Rachel Blewitt Ong Tze Boon and Wang Yi Yi Zoe Brittain Ruurd Bruijn Bryant Family
Carmichael Family Jonathan Carter Christine Chaboyer Elisa Chan ’90 Derek and Katherine Chang Sapnaa Chaman Margaret Chhoa-Howard Chu Pei Hwa Sinéad Collins and Gary Toner Jackie Cragg Crawford Family Tilson and William Crew Paul Cummins ’78 Destandau Family Priti Devi and Tarun Kataria Nayantara Dhillon Mihir and Amishi Doshi Chris Edwards
Ellerbaek Family Philippa Ellis ’84 The Encarnacion Family Mahmoud and Karin Esmaeili Talitha and Reuben Evans Iain and Tejas Ewing Victoria, Andy and Patrick Ferris Tara and Scott Garson Flower The Ghirardello Family Gray Family Priya and Piyush Gupta Hai Pippa Haley Family of Gyuah and Gyubin Han Kush Handa ’78 Haupter Family Sarah and Jason Haywood Jensen and Annette Marie Hjorth
Hooi Family Tony Hopwood Ayako Horiuchi ’92 Edna Irani Javier Meza Robayo Guoqing Jiang and Haiyan Xu On behalf of Adrian Jiang to 3SLC/3AVS Li Jing Il Yong Jung ’02 Seho and Rachel Jung Kaneda Family Josephine Kang Kankaanpää-Monney Family Surabhi and Sanjeev Kapur Neil Keating David Kim Ilmin Kim and Sangmi Woo Kushan Kodituwakku ’91
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Pat Kongboonma Tara Lai Vinson, Su-In, Ryan, Dylan and Erynn Lau Adam and Linsey Lawrence Youngseo Lee Andrew Leo ’89 Li Li Jie Liang and Huashan Shen Dr and Mrs Lim Ka Liang Lord Family Bolor and Pierre Lorinet Luo Chuan Manson Family Viktoria Marosi-Marczell and Gabor Marosi Masuhr Family The McLaughlin Family Manoj Mishra Kyoko and Shunji Miyakoshi Morgans Family
Ruchika Mukherjee Scott Murray Elena and Shin Nakamura Akiko Nomura Gen and Tomoko Nonaka Brian Ó Maoileoin and Kate Drudy Yumiko Oshima Julie and Albert Ovidi UWCSEA Dover Parents’ Association Catherine Parkin Parr Family Prakash Patel ’78 Brian Phillips Jason and Lisa Plamondon Bert Jan and Nuong Post Subarna and Mohan Prabhakar George Psillides Mallika Ramdas Reitmaier Family Maxime Roulin Kenji Sakurai
Meenakshi Sanghi Hagen Schulte ’89 Caroline Sebunya Sen Family Varini Sharma ’07 Dave and Sue Shepherd Mike and Eya Sicat The Snoad Family Mr and Mrs Sohmen-Pao Linda Song Moses, Sarah, Evelyn and Eleanor Song Stirrat Family Lindsay Strickland Seema Sutradhar and Rathish Sutradhar Austin and Marjie Sweeney Ann M. Syauta ’92 Toshiro Takekoshi Kotaro and Itsuko Tamura Graeme Temple and Liu Ying
Shruti Tewari Siok Han Tjoa and Arjun Raghavan The Tsurumaru Family Masayasu Tsuda Martien van Osch Vollbrecht Weitz Family Roxanne Walker Nicholas and Nikki Weber Brenda Whately In Honour of The J Wilkinson Lookalike Foundation Teck Hean Wong ’92 Wu Haiyan Lijun Yang Annabelle Yeoh Ymchow Jee Won You and Jung Ah Ji XiuYu Zhang Zhou BingXiao Anonymous gifts made by 18 donors
Ahna Dewan ’92 Dhands Jonette Dimblad ’92 Djaja and Limardo Clan Dini Djalal D-MAAK Dragu C. Dubois-Denis Family Varun Dutt ’04 East High School Office and UAC Rohit and Priyanka Elhence Diego Encarnacion ’14 Eric and Fumiko Secil Esenc Ewington Family Michelle Faherty Felicien, Melle and Audrey Don and Purni Ferrin Alice Fok Anne Ellen Fossum and Per Sagbakken Mark Gabriel ’93 Gerber Family Rania and Lucas Ghai Deepa and Sayan Ghosh Govil Family Marjorie Graaven Grade 9 Mentor Groups, Dover Grade 12 Mentor Groups, Dover Stephanie Grawehr ’10 Brian and Ethel Green
Grignani Family Sophia Gunkel ’08 Esperanza Gutierrez Kantesh and Vandana Guttal Nick and Anna Hamilton Hayes Family Sibel Ascioglu Hayran Heap Family Shuichi Hidaka Adrienne Hintz ’81 Seng Chee and Audrey Ho Richard and Birgit Holland ’97 Hook Family Jason Howorth Fang HU Cameron Hunter Nadia and Alex Hunte Diya Garware Ibanez and Juan Carlos Ibanez IGCSE Enterprise Class of 2019, East Into into eco Tahneet J Irshad ’03 Stephane and Gaelle Jacqmin Megha Jain Shruti Jain Dong Hae Jang ’16 Jean Bin Ji and Hong Zhu Johnston Family Tania B Jones ’85 Gunjan and Showbhik Kalra
UWCSEA FUND SUPPORTERS Abad Merritt Family Nurhafizah Abdul Rahim Anjali Agarwal Ayaan Agarwal Shivin Agarwal ’12 Alan and Thomas Jose Almeda ’86 Angeles-Mostert family Coleen Angove Amit Arora Arvind and Jita Tanvi Ashokka Ava Terry and Hillary Baggett Dharshan Balasingam ’92 Bali Family Nat Bane Barbier Family Barrett Family Katja Baxter Charli Bea and Chester Newman Bellancourt and Fabregoul Family Gauri Bhaskar Shefali K Bhasin Moni Bieri Miguel Angel Zambrano Boy ’14 Ananya Skye Brandon Brownlee Family Rebecca Butterworth M and B Campbells Caroline ’99
Courtney Carlson and Tony Lee Annie Chan Chang Rong-Zer Brian Cheng Zi Xi Lisa and Kaydan Chen Patrick YH Chen Zikuan Chen and Naixuan Chen Timothy Cheung and Sue-Ann Yong Chia Yoke Chee Maxine Chin Mikdat Ciftcioglu and Elif Akay Ciftcioglu Angela Clark ’99 Clark Family The Cocks Family Gilles Collong Coombs Family In memory of Tim Cook Mr and Mrs Corbett Naia Corbett Davide and Raquel Crippa Kevin and Emma Crombie Dahan Family Julie Dale Matthew and Tracy Dallimore Batbayar Damdinsuren Barry and Leah Daniels Jordan Davies Emma Defechereux Deirdre Dempster Benjamin H Detenber and Family
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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Tejal Bianca Joseph Salhotra and Tiana Isabella Joseph Salhotra Kamp Family Samaira Kapur Katy and Steve Kay The Kong Family Richard C Kozel and Sita P Djaka Krachaiwong Alexander Krefft ’93 Rajesh Kumar and Swati Kumari Kyurin and Gyubin Amanda L Yufang Lai Landgren Family Latour Family Nicholas A. Laveris Sophie and Ana Laya Andrew and Yida Lee Lee Cheng Han ’92 Sarah Lee Sam and Poni Leong Ernest Leung ’90 Mr Kris Leverton Frieda Levycky David Lewnes Kate Lewis and Doug Wills Qi Li Elijah Liu Lu Family Ellie Luckcock Inna Luengas Paul MacCallum ’84 Masami Makino John and Bernie Mallett Mandziy Family Pauline Markey and Paul Sharry Kirsten Martens ’81 The Martin Family Tess Masters ’92 Saanjali and Saranya Mathur Robin and Brian McAdoo Andy McCann Chris McCann ’92 McCarthy Family
Laura McCullough Meddour-Steiger family Georges Daniel Mercadal David Millard Milland Family Minford Family Anne-Maj Moern Mohan Family The Mohantys Moreau Family Moon Chang Gook Myra Mukerji Muneyoshi Family Rachel Munns ’92 Deborah and Philippe Mur Rachel Murphy ’09 Kiah Narayan Nguyen Binh An Okkie Nikijuluw ’08 Hiro Ochiai ’03 Jon Alexander Odfjell Wolfgang Oesch Mu Gu and Noriko Okayama The Olivans Oliver Family Olivia Kay Khaing Kha ’07 Rae Omar Ong Chaw Yin Chihiro Osone Rheya Panjwani Sean Park and Jenny Ahn Urvashi Patel Patrick ’78 Pinnegar Family Family Pluijmers Leena Prakash Prompat Family Quentin and Lohan Raos The Raver-Wong Family Barbara Reidy Jackie Riis-Johannesen Rishi and Dhruv Suzannah and Toby Ritch
Joe Rivera Rocky ’94 Mahika Rastogi Jason Sambanju ’92 Nandini and Ashwin Sanketh Joseph Santiago ’89 Tidaporn Santimanawong Radikaa Sarathkumar Sarah Sayas-Tolentino Susanne Schaefer Family Schneuwly Jordan Scott Lynda Scott The Scotts Gary and Mel Seston Bharti Shah Aryan Shanker Vidya Shankararaman Vishesh Sharma Pramod Shenoi and Radhika Nayak Jota ’95 and Claudia Shohtoku Graham Silverthorne and Wendy Tang Amandeep and Bandna Singh Mio Singh Shishir and Nidhi Singh Catherine and Newton Smith Fintan and Toshiko Smyth Ansel and Winston Song Sona and Manvinder Anna Sourina ’03 Souta, Tomoka and Taiga Arshiya Srivastava St John’s School Alumni Asha Stabback ’98 Monica Stanciu Mr and Mrs Max Steger Synergy Plus Serena Tan Tan Hsin Ci Guy Taylor John Taylor Ted and Ben Siong Swee Tee
Parveen Thakral ’97 Thapliyal Family Stuart Thomson ’93 Tokuda Family Tomo Furukawa Alexandra and Dominique Touchaud Chantal Travers Troutman Family Shoken and Ayumi Tsurumaru Yoshiyuki Tsutsui Tu Landuo and Tu Teng Adam and Angela Turner Gancanapol Van Compernolle ’99 Natalie Vander Vorst Varsha Venkatesh Family Joke Verhaart Vibhas and Ashoo Yuvraj Raizada and Vini Vijayvargiya Kiera-Rose Wagler Sota and Kiyomi Wakabayashi Lorna Walker Sara and Will Walker Cameron Warren ’19 Elias Watkins Tanya Watts Pamela Kelly Wetzell Wickmann Family Anisha Wilmink Ben and Fon Wilson The Wolf Family The Wood Family Lin Xia and Ning Zhang Peng Xu Farhana Yaakob Averill Yang ’18 Yang Qin The Youngson Family Christoph Zenker ’82 Francesca and Sophia Zhou Parodi Anne and Claus Zieler Anonymous gifts made by 128 donors
CLASS GIVING Thanks to the enthusiasm of parents, Foundation Parent Ambassadors and Class Representatives, this parent-led initiative saw a dramatic increase in participation rates in 2018/2019. Classes came together to raise funds for projects that enabled our students to address world issues in real life—installing a solar panel, raising an endangered tree, or actively supporting education for refugees. K1, Dover K1, East K1CAM, Dover K1MVl, Dover
K1ZBR, Dover K2KCa, East K2KrM, East K2LJM, Dover
K2TSn, Dover 1JSu, East 1KMM, Dover 1MLN, East
1PTH, East 1ReJ, Dover 1SMH, Dover 2COF, Dover
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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2CTh, East 2GLa, East 2KmW, East 2LSt, East 2MaW, East 2RCo, East 2RoW, East 2RVO, Dover 3CWi, Dover 3DJO, East 3DWn, East
3JWA, Dover 3LeA, Dover 3LED, Dover 4AGa, Dover 4DVM, Dover 4KRL, East 4LWh, East 4RWr, Dover 4SZi, Dover 4THA, East 5Bpo, East
5DPo, Dover 5HPO, Dover 5JSt, Dover 5LaM, East 5LEB, Dover 5LFI, Dover 5MWH, Dover 5NDO, East 5NKU, Dover 5PBa, East 5SKa, East
5TBU, Dover 6VJA, Dover Grade 6, Dover Grade 7, Dover Grade 7, East Grade 8, Dover Grade 8, East Grade 10, Dover Grade 10, East Grade 12, Dover Grade 12, East
UWCSEA STAFF SCHOLARSHIP FUND This fund was founded in 1996 to support the global UWC Scholar Programme. Since inception, hundreds of UWCSEA staff have joined forces to help transform the lives of 24 promising young people from challenging backgrounds by funding scholarships for them to attend Waterford Kamhlaba UWC or UWC Mahindra, demonstrating the strong culture of philanthropy amongst our staff. Alchin Family Caroline Araneta Adrian Armstrong Naida Arrindell Paul Baird Karen Balthazaar Nat Bane Louie Barnett Vicky Berman and George, Eddie and Jamie Rutteman Simon Bignell and Andrea McDonald Erin Belliveau Sandra Binny Vicky Booth Bray-Bridgewater Family Catherine Butler Bronwyn Bye Andy, Sarah, Ethan, Toby and Isobel Carter Jonathan Carter Carlos Cazorla Garcia Christine Chaboyer Elaine Chew Margaret Chhoa-Howard Viki Cole Lucia Cordani Mireille Couture and Paul Carpenter Julie Dale Barry Daniels Komal Daswani Christopher Davies Tim Davies and Sumi Dhanarajan Nicholas Dawling Gemma Elford Dawson Linda De Flavis
Simon Dean Gavin Dinsdale Nicola Dinsdale Nora Donohue Duff Douglas Duncan Family Tony Dura Canales Edwards McAuliffe Family Jacqueline Evanko Andrea Felker and Chris Haigh Lorena Daly Ferreira Victoria, Andy and Patrick Ferris Andrew Fielding Lesley Finley Claire Firat Johanna Fishbein Daniel Forster Christopher Fosdick Helen Gamble Ronald Gillies Marie-Anne Glavan Velia Goberna Ana Lopez Guerrero Pippa Haley Richard Hannah Luke Haugen Sarah and Jason Haywood Alice Henry Steven Hickey Adrian Hill Lisa Hill Victoria Hill Gordon Hirons Jensen and Annette Marie Hjorth Tony Hopwood Jason Howorth
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
Cameron Hunter Caitlin Hutchinson Rachel Ingram Liam Isaac Elizabeth Jackson Jaeisma Binti Jamil Veronica Jansen Robert Jefferiss Carl Jenkins Leigh Jenner Maria-Pilar Jimenez Tracy Jochmann Alison Jones Neil Keating Prashant and Claudia Kedia James Kirrane Drummond, Alice, Claire and Alexander Kwiatkowski Sarah La Caze Adam and Linsey Lawrence Helen Leeming Kate Levy Kate Lewis and Doug Wills Michael Little Qing Liu Alison Lloyd Eric Lyman Martin Lyon Maggie Ma The MacSwain Family Nadine Mains Irene Malone Carla Marschall Tor Marshall Julie Martens Jonathan Mayhew
Rebecca Maynard McCarthy Family Laura McCullough Paula and Andy McKillop Joseph Mcwilliams Frankie Meehan Kristin Mikulka Luke Milburn David Millard Minford Family Sarah Mollitt Sophie Morley Scott Murray Mary Newbigin Claire O’Farrell Brian Ó Maoileoin and Kate Drudy Dan and Libby Orr Catherine Parkin Kirstie Parker Parr Family Urvashi Patel Imogen Piccirilli Stephen Potter George Psillides Trina Putt Louisa Radford Jabiz Raisdana Mairin Raisdana Mallika Ramdas Sora Ramnebro Patrick Renouf Gareth Richards Stephen Rowcliffe Oliver Sampson Rebecca Sandford Johannes Schellekens
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Lynda Scott Caroline Sebunya Gary and Mel Seston Sathia Bhama Sethu Madhavan Dave and Sue Shepherd Graham Silverthorne and Wendy Tang Jennifer Smith Danielle Solk Moses, Sarah, Evelyn and Eleanor Song Martin Spreckley Jill Stephenson Lindsay Strickland
Martin Suarez Adam Taylor Shruti Tewari Poonam Thapar Visalatchi Thangaveloo Simon and Cinders Thomas Miles Tranter Geoffrey Tsang Ian Tymms Manoj Varghese Kate Vaughan Sabine Veron Roxanne Walker
Sara and Will Walker Joanne Wallace Soula Walters Timothy Walters Andrew Ware John Waters Michael Watson Carl Waugh Helen Webster Pamela Kelly Wetzell Brenda Whately David and Olivia White Laura Whiteley
Anisha Wilmink Melanie Wilson Paul Williams Katherine Withington Wittig Family Wolfgang Oesch The Wood Family Diana Yacou Fang Yang Wenting Zhu Allison and Scott Ziemer Johann Zobrist Anonymous gifts made by 7 donors
GRADUATE GIVING Since 2008, Grade 12 students have united in a common purpose as they prepared to leave the College—to give back to future students through the lasting legacy of a graduate gift. This powerful student-led programme demonstrates the passion and culture of philanthropy within the student community.
Class of 2019 Emma Abou-Haidar Ventura ’19 Elle Abramowich ’19 Ishaan Abrol ’19 Mofopefolu Adeyeye ’19 Akanksha Agarwal ’19 Shriya Agarwal ’19 Tiana Agarwal ’19 Arushi Agrawal ’19 Fariza Ameen ’19 Aparajitha Anantharaman ’19 Amenech Baza Ashango ’19 Honour Astill ’19 Christina Aung ’19 Devang Bafna ’19 Sonika Bagchi ’19 Vaaridhi Bagrodia ’19 Liz Baiju ’19 Charlotte Baker ’19 Rahul Balasubramanian ’19 Adya Banerjee ’19 Juval Bar-el ’19 Soraya Barman ’19 Cala Barrett ’19 Rayyan Basheer ’19 Sevriano Battista ’19 Khas-Ochir Bayarjargal ’19 Kai Bermingham ’19 Anvita Bhagavathula ’19 Ishaan Bhasin ’19 Ravraj Bhullar ’19 Charlotte Billiet ’19 Jacob Boe ’19
Aigul Braakman ’19 Carlijn Bruijn ’19 Justin Cahyadi ’19 Aysha Cerf ’19 Anushka Chakrabarti ’19 Phoebe Chan ’19 Ju-Ting Chen ’19 Lok Wai Cheng ’19 Sunyoung Cho ’19 Bum Joon Choi ’19 Yon Kyung Choi ’19 Clarabel Chong ’19 Sonya Chong ’19 Rosie Clark ’19 Conor Corrigan ’19 Anusha Datta ’19 Alex Davies ’19 Katie Day ’19 Cian Delahunty ’19 Arnav Desai ’19 Harshal Desai ’19 Aryan Arora Deva ’19 Zubin Dhawan ’19 Leah Dhulst ’19 Pratyay Didwania ’19 Afiya Dikshit Syed ’19 Anvay Dixit ’19 Anna Donova ’19 Codrutza Dragu ’19 Savaira Drau ’19 Ishta Dube ’19 Khadijah Ebrahim ’19 Kate Elliott ’19 Milena Elzinga ’19
Kimon Ennes ’19 Cheikh Fall ’19 Hamza Farooqi ’19 Kate Fourie ’19 Iosenja Fox ’19 Zoe Fuad ’19 Ana Fuentes ’19 Tomoya Fujikawa ’19 Zoe Gaa ’19 Urja Gaurav ’19 Katrina Gee ’19 Tommaso Gibbs ’19 Maya Gilmore ’19 Yuji Go ’19 Shyla Govil ’19 Kshirja Govind ’19 Natalia Grabarczyk ’19 Diya Grandhi ’19 James Gray ’19 Nadia Greutert ’19 Mayuri Gupta ’19 Mehul Gupta ’19 Arnav Hans ’19 Lars Haupter ’19 Ryota Hidaka ’19 Georgina Hill ’19 Lauren Hindmarsh ’19 Jason Hirons ’19 Roi Hkawng ’19 Anna Hopkins ’19 Alastair Hoskinson ’19 Laura Hough ’19 Tiago Hungerland ’19 Akimasa Ihara ’19
Ken Ishizaka ’19 Manasi Iyer ’19 Shiv Iyer ’19 Abheeshu Jain ’19 Bhavya Jain ’19 Nayana Jain ’19 Dongchan Jin ’19 JongJin Jung ’19 Caroline Jusuf ’19 Vaishant Kameswaran ’19 Karn Kanchanawat ’19 Mallika Raju ’19 Mansha Kapur ’19 Saranya Kapur ’19 Moe Kawakami ’19 Srishti Khanna ’19 Kenta Kido ’19 Gahyun Kim ’19 Gyuri Kim ’19 Jangkun Kim ’19 Leah Ndumi Kioko ’19 Ana Koczanowski ’19 Kabir Kohli ’19 Karan Kohli ’19 Siripreeya Kongboonma ’19 Mukund Kothapalli ’19 Varsha Krishnamoorthy ’19 Rohan Kumar ’19 Jasmine Alexandra Kuo ’19 Min Gi Kwon ’19 Moe Htet Kyaw ’19 Manvi Lakhotiya ’19 Greer Lambert ’19 Guillaume Lambert ’19
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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Yasmina Langdoc ’19 Sean Le Mesurier ’19 Da Yeon Lee ’19 Hyun Kyu Lee ’19 Min Ju Lee ’19 Natasha Lee ’19 Si Yeun Lee ’18 Yerin Lee ’19 Youngseo Lee ’19 Hannah Signe Leivdal ’19 Khantey Lim ’19 Lim Jia Yi ’19 Thinzar Lin ’19 Florence Liu ’19 Rui Liu ’19 Fraser Logan ’19 Zoe Ludunge ’19 Alexander Mackay ’19 Arjun Madan ’19 Devyani Mahajan ’19 Akshita Maheshwari ’19 Annabelle Maisonneuve ’19 Lucie Manson ’19 Nedo Matic ’19 Minami Matsumoto ’19 Alison Mcguire ’19 Caroline McKenzie ’19 Kunal Mehndroo ’19 Leia Milburn ’19 Maximilian Miller ’19 Anisha Misra ’19 Hiroya Miyamoto ’19 Catherine Moerler ’19 Mohamed Amir Mohamed Rafi ’19 Tara Mullen ’19
Shivam Mundhra ’19 Stephen Murphy ’19 Alisa Musatova ’19 Oleksandr Myroshnychenko ’19 Feven Moges Naba ’19 Jaiveer Kartar Singh Nalwa ’19 Sana Narayan ’19 Adhwaith Neralla ’19 Lauren Ng ’19 Kylie Ngai ’19 Tanvi Nibhanupudi ’19 Syafira Nurlita ’19 Caelinn Ó Maoileoin ’19 Valeria Obregon Diaz ’19 Casper Øhlers ’19 Bennett Okun ’19 Saran Osmany ’19 Arran O’sullivan ’19 Sengdao Oudomsihn ’19 Meher Pahuja ’19 Vaasanthi Palepu ’19 Kabir Pamnani ’19 Sophia Paraskakis Narayan ’19 Bo Hye Park ’19 Joohyun Park ’18 Min Kyoung Park ’19 Kamran Parkar ’19 Mehak Parwani ’19 Tanya Passi ’19 Caitlin Pawley ’19 Stefan Pereira ’19 Tiago Alexandre Pereira Benardo ’19 Ori Perets Naishtein ’19 Margherita Pieretti ’19 Lorenzo Pirozzi ’19
Nicolas Pizzo ’19 Dusan Popov ’19 Ritika Purbey ’19 Lamees Rahman ’19 Maya Raivadera ’19 Lise Ramaker ’19 Aditya Raman ’19 Yukta Ramesh ’19 Isabella Ramnebro ’19 George Rappa ’19 Kai Jonah Rathbone ’19 Maria Pia Rossi Medero ’19 Robyn Rothlin ’19 Aditi Rudra ’19 Swina Salecha ’19 Tommaso Salvatori ’19 Alena Scherer ’19 Naomi Schulberg ’19 Mallika Sengupta ’19 Kartik Shah ’19 Nikhil Shah ’19 Tanya Shanmugharaj ’19 Vanshika Sharma ’19 Choong Hwan Shin ’19 Akanksha Shukla ’19 Jacob Simmonds ’19 Johann Singh ’19 Parbhjeet Singh ’19 Ronish Singh ’19 Nishant Kumar Singhal ’19 Saharith Smithangura ’19 Nathalie Spiller ’19 Shayomi Srivastava ’19 Warren Su ’19 Luella Oudille Sugiman ’19
Rui Sun ’19 Yuanduo Sun ’19 Krishna Suri ’19 Antara Sutradhar ’19 Mayako Talwalkar ’19 Rhea Taneja ’19 Callum Tetro ’19 Sewen Thy ’19 Feng Tian ’19 Gleb Tkachenko ’19 Marlen Toktomamatov ’19 Dylan Tsao ’19 Lance Tugade ’19 Sreenidhi Venkatesh ’19 Shereen Vitandry ’19 Tara Vollbrecht ’19 Anmol Kaur Wadhwa ’19 Mirei Wakui ’19 Eric Wallner ’19 Jiawen Wang ’19 Cameron Warren ’19 Henry Wingrove ’19 Hanna Wong ’19 Timothy Wong ’19 Callum Woodward ’19 Han Yu Wu ’19 Moe Yamada ’19 Kelly Yeo ’19 Jazmin Zastera ’19 Zhi Yin Zhang ’19 Fuzhi Zhao ’19 Anonymous gifts made by 62 donors
“I’ve always had with me the activism and the motivation to do something for others but at UWCSEA I’ve learned how to do it and that I can do it.” VALERIAI OBREGON DIAZ ’19, Scholar from Mexico
“What I love about UWCSEA is that they didn’t see me only as a ‘receiver’, but they have allowed me to become a ‘giver’.” KHANTEY LIM ’19, Scholar from Cambodia
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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REUNION GIVING UWCSEA milestone anniversary reunions are exciting opportunities for alumni to reconnect with former classmates and staff, revisit Singapore, and learn how the College continues to evolve. Reunion celebrations are also a time when anniversary classes can show their appreciation for the education they received, and lend their support to help to make the UWCSEA experience as unique and meaningful for today’s students as it was for them. Following Reunion 2019, the College extends its deep gratitude to the 63% of attending alumni who so generously participated in their class gifts, which supported the UWC Refugee Initiative.
Class of 1974 Virginia Sipiere ’74 Anonymous gift
Class of 1979 Ashok Arasu ’79 Viravudh Assakul ’79 Michael Bowes ’79 Buntaran ’79 Felicia Chan ’79 Ann Edmondson ’79 John Eu ’79 Steve Ferris ’79 Heike ’79 Andrew Hintz ’79 Hans Kleppa ’79 Yuanbuo Meng Gina S ’79 Franc Schiet ’79 Anonymous gifts made by 9 donors
Class of 1984 Summie Aoki-Stein ’84 Rob Bentley ’84 Milind Bhanoo ’84 Lorraine Boyle BT ’84 Susan Cunningham and Paul Clementson Lis Dalgaard ’84 Philippa Ellis ’84 Jeffrey Favaloro ’84 Alex Galvin Susan Grossey ’84 Rachel Holder James Hook ’84 Kim Ki Jin ’84
Masanori ’84 Michele ’84 Matt and Natascha Milsom Jamal Mohd Yusof ’84 Petra Reinecke ’84 Katherine Rogers (Smith) ’84 Sumati Sachdev ’84 Samantha Wade ’84 Felicity Wong ’84 Anonymous gifts made by 2 donors
Class of 1989 Alan Bahm ’89 D. D. Daruvala ’89 Rachel Davidson ’89 Jan Erik ’89 Brendan Foxlee ’89 Tina Kapur ’89 Takuya Komuro ’89 Andrew Leo ’89 Yiftach Millo ’89 Gary Partington ’89 Marco Principato ’89 Hagen Schulte ’89 Kirk Schulz-Utermoehl ’89 Sharina ’89 Lara Sutton ’89 Sofia Veniard ’89 Ros Wynne-Jones ’89 Anonymous gifts made by 4 donors
Class of 1994 Anne ’94 Sebastien Barnard ’94 Abid Butt ’94 Anna Aichele Drexler Talitha and Reuben Evans Michael Frazer ’94
Claudia Haeger ’94 Dietrich Hauptmeier ’94 Jan Lagerwij Kris Lockyer ’94 Yin Shao Loong ’94 Satish Mahtani ’94 Kerri Neylon ’94 Erika (Franklin) North ’94 Julie Poston ’94 Rocky ’94 Russell ’94 Shaw Soo Wei ’94 Angela Silberberg ’94 Hannah Thompson ’94 Anonymous gifts made by 10 donors
Class of 1999 Resham Adnani ’99 Craig Bennett ’99 Aniruddho Biswas ’99 Petya Blumbach ’99 Charmaine Chin ’99 Angela Clark ’99 Jay Clements ’99 Emma Eichbaum ’99 Melinda Elias ’99 Daniel Franssen ’99 Smriti Gupta ’99 and Aftab Mathur Jason Halim ’99 Caroline Harvie ’99 Christopher Heather ’99 Susumu Ishikawa ’99 Linda Janse ’99 Rahul Khemka ’99 Pooja Khetan ’99 Jieun Kim ’99
Duncan Macmillan ’99 Richa Menke ’99 Simon Ong ’99 Janey Philips ’99 Chris Steel ’99 Jocelyne Tjandra ’99 Shaun Tullidge ’99 Olivier van Hardenbroek ’99 Joshua Wijaya ’99 Rachel Wilson ’99 Anonymous gifts made by 17 donors
Class of 2009 Bonnie Bi ’09 Trishala Bopanna Anuncia Camacho ’09 Hari Carpenter ’09 Naomi Clark ’09 Tamara Craiu ’09 Sumire Doi ’09 Emil Ericson ’09 Gia ’09 Nadine Gough ’09 Rachael Hennin ’09 Indira Houwink ’09 Aaron I. ’09 Garam Kim ’09 Chan Ning Lee ’09 Francisco Martin ’09 Sofia Milagros Oreel ’09 Caryn Quek ’09 Sruthi Ravi ’09 Kelsey Ryan ’09 Kush Srivastava Sophie Syed Krzysztof Szulc ’09 Anonymous gifts made by 7 donors
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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FOUNDATION PARENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME Ambassadors Alexandra Muquet Alexandra Touchaud Alison Sanders Ana Carrera Anjli Khurana Anna Bryant Anna Layard Archana Tapadia Ariana/Wei Wang Bettina Haupter Camilla Wallner Caroline McLaughlin Carys Owen Cat Borgström Reynolds Charlotte Peters Charu Jain Colleen Reid Cyanthi Katugaha Seneviratne Debbie Grignani Devika Tambe Dhara Shah Diana Vancea Evelyn Wang Fang Farida Montanus Francesca Gasparrini Geraldine Gibb Gisella Harrold
Harish Kelath Harry (Hakuei) Kosato Hema Shantigram Inderjeet Thareja Itu Gupta Jackie Cragg Jasmine (Li) Liu Jacyl Ware Jenifer Raver Jenny Zhou Josephine Jo Groarke Josi Langhorne Julianne Martin Karin Esmaeili Katarina Radosavljevic Kate Ansbro Laya Kavita Satwalekar Kelley Morrow Kiran Karunakaran Lakshmi Raju Laura Dahan Laurence Clements Laxmi (Mala) Kamath Leena Prakash Lesley Olejnik-McBride Libby Orr Lisa Poon
Liza Rowan Lyndall Menon Malavika Shanker Manu Jain Marcela Tellez-Glover Marchien Vuijk Margaret Kim Margo Encarnacion Maria Carvalho Mark Newman Melita Gerber Michelle Hertz Micky Mathur Mio Singh Miwa Otsuka Nathalie De Spiegeleire Navleen Kohli Neeti Govil Neha Patel Nicole Nguyen Nimisha Pandey Nivedita Tanwar Prity Tibrewal Rachna Amin Renée Gallant Rita Joseph Ruchee Desai
Rupinder Kaur Rusan Bicuri Yazicioglu Sabine Hein Saima Ahmed Saloni Bajaj Singh Sarimah Bonehill Seema Sutradhar Shikha Sarkar Shirley Kan Shelly Verma Sneha Somanath Simone Rolfe Sonal Sarraf Stefanie Green Stephanie Monteith Suparna Kapoor Suvidha Balasubramanian Suzannah Ritch Tanya Watts Vandana Wadhwani Victoria Great Vinni (Vineet) Sethi Vivek Lath Yamini Bawa Yashoda Kukean Yohanna Kurniady
GIFTS IN KIND Through the significant contributions of individuals, businesses and corporations, the Foundation has been able to provide even greater support to the College in achieving its vision of becoming a leader in international education. Karan Adani ’05 Annanya Agarwal ’10 Asema A. Ahmed Christine Amour-Levar The College Board
Tejas Ewing ’98 Fredrik Fosse ’03 Joyful Dancers Production Luuk Karmarker ’20 Lateral Plains
Iain and Caroline McLaughlin Kirtida and Bharat Mekani Mikael Mörn ’92 Charlotte and Tom Peters RadioQuip Communications
The Sassoon Family Foundation Mayank Singhal ’92 Tord Stallvik ’86 Prab Thrakral ’95
“UWCSEA is one of the best places I have ever been and will always be in my heart and my soul. It is a place where dreams actually come true with hard work and passion.” CHOGYAL NORBU ’19, Scholar from Bhutan
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100% of gifts are invested back into the UWC experience. The UWCSEA Foundation Ltd 1207 Dover Road Singapore 139654 | +65 6419 9353 foundation@uwcsea.edu.sg | www.uwcsea.edu.sg/supportus The United World College of South East Asia Foundation is an established charity in the Republic of Singapore. Company Registration Number 200404580M Charity Registration Number 01797. All currency references are in Singapore Dollars unless otherwise specified. Printed on 100% recycled paper with environmentally friendly inks | MCI (P) 076/01/2020 | 045FOUND-1920
