UWC South East Asia
IMPACT OF GIVING REPORT 2020/2021
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MESSAGE FROM CARMA ELLIOT, COLLEGE PRESIDENT
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05 Our Scholarship Programme
13 UWCSEA East Innovation
06 Class of 2021 07 Scholars in focus
15 The Smart City Programme and Challenge
09 Our alumni scholars
17 A new primary playspace
OUR PEOPLE
OUR PROGRAMMES
Contents
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OUR PLANET
GIVING AT A GLANCE
21 Marine conservation education
27 Financial overview
23 Rainforest restoration project
28 Donor recognition 29 UWCSEA Donor Roll UWCSEA
STORIES
Stories with this icon share in more detail how giving makes a difference to UWCSEA.
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MESSAGE FROM
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
A belief in the power of community has been a driving force at UWCSEA since the College was founded in 1971. In 2020/2021, we celebrated a community united in mission and purpose, supporting one another through the ongoing challenges of the pandemic and all that safe distancing and reduced opportunities for gatherings brought with it, and moving forward with optimism and determination. The theme for the fundraising activities around the Annual Fund, ‘United We Can,’ was a timely reminder of our collective endeavour, as our community affirmed its commitment to making a more peaceful and sustainable future for all. One of the many ways that we celebrate the power of our community is through the giving priorities of the UWCSEA Foundation. And despite the continuing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, with support from donors, we offered opportunities to scholars from around the world, enriched our educational experiences through support for our teaching and learning programmes, and delivered on a range of sustainable development initiatives. The collective impact is powerful and I hope you enjoy reading the 2020/2021 Impact of Giving Report, sharing highlights made possible through community support. The Report includes updates from alumni scholars who are living the mission beyond UWCSEA, details of a number of innovation initiatives that took place across our campuses, and an exciting new series of developments to extend student learning about marine conservation. Every time we hear about the journeys and aspirations of our students, it is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary power of education as a force to build trust and understanding in the world. The tremendous impact of our community’s collective generosity is helping to shape a more sustainable and peaceful future. Collectively, donors have created transformational opportunities for all our students. With thanks for your continued support; together we are bringing the mission to life. United We Can. Carma Elliot CMG OBE
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OUR PEOPLE
Uniting people, nations and cultures
UWCSEA scholarships offer a UWC education to young people who otherwise might not have the opportunity. With community support for the Scholarship Programme, we enrich the learning experience for all our students while helping our scholars to reach their true potential.
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OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OPENING DOORS Scholarships are at the heart of the UWC mission. Through the years, UWCSEA has welcomed 975 scholars from 109 countries across two campuses. These students are diverse in their experiences, perspectives and life circumstances, yet united in the desire to create a better world. Thanks to the generous support for the UWCSEA Scholarship Programme, we provide scholars with the values-driven, collaborative education that sets them apart as exceptional individuals, with a bias for action, to be of service and to make a difference. Together, we help our scholars reach their true potential while empowering the future leaders and changemakers the world needs. For a scholar, as for all our students, a UWCSEA educational experience opens doors to growth and possibility—academically, personally, professionally and socially. For the College, the scholars bring a wealth of experience, expertise and perspectives that support the learning and growth of the whole community. Our scholars come from a wide range of backgrounds and often experience challenging circumstances. The time a scholar spends at UWCSEA can open many doors and as scholars approach graduation, they work with our exceptional university advisors to explore post-UWCSEA pathways. For some students, this may include a Gap Year to give back to their communities; for others, this may be a route straight to college or university. Despite many challenges over the last two years, scholars, like all our graduates in the Class of 2021, have risen to the occasion and shown themselves to be tremendously capable of tackling the challenges that come their way. Thank you for your support.
STAFF SCHOLARSHIP FUND UWCSEA staff are deeply committed to helping deserving students access a transformative UWC education. Since 1996, over 25 students have benefited from their incredible generosity through the Staff Scholarship Fund, enabling students to attend UWC Mahindra College (India) and Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa (Eswatini). Over 200 staff contribute to the Fund through monthly salary deductions, making these life-changing scholarships possible, helping young people access education and connect to the international UWC movement.
“Donating to the Staff Scholarship Fund allows me to contribute to the most powerful gift that can be given–education.” JENNIFER SMITH, Teacher, East Campus
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SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 2020/2021 at a glance
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scholars graduated from UWCSEA
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countries represented by graduating scholars • Albania • Argentina • Belarus • Bhutan • Botswana • Brazil • Burkina Faso • Cambodia • China • Colombia • Denmark • El Salvador • Estonia • Ethiopia • Fiji • France • Georgia • Germany • Ghana • Guatemala • Hong Kong • Hungary • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Lithuania • Malawi • Malaysia • Mexico • Myanmar • Namibia • Philippines • Peru • Portugal • Russia • Senegal • Serbia • Sierra Leone • Tanzania • Thailand • Ukraine • Venezuela • Vietnam
CLASS OF 2021
Scholars by the numbers
79% of scholars are from a country eligible to receive developmental support*
81% of scholars were studying in an all English environment for the first time when they joined UWCSEA
105 3 2 1 1
scholars received a UWC education thanks to support from the UWCSEA community UWCSEA UWC East Africa UWCSEA Staff Scholarship Fund Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWCSEA Refugee Scholarship (Iraq) UWC Mostar UWCSEA Staff Scholarship Fund UWC Mahindra
100%
of scholars who registered for the IB Diploma were successful
85%
15%
of scholars went on to a university degree programme after UWCSEA, all receiving full or partial scholarships as needed
of scholars took a Gap Year
*defined by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) as government aid that promotes and specifically targets the economic development and welfare of developing countries.
Read more about UWCSEA’s transformational Scholarship Programme
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Maria Clarah ‘23 Scholar from Haiti
“Helping others is something I have to do. If I can wake up every day and smile, it is because other people have helped me, and I want to pay that back.” Growing up in Pétion-Ville, Maria Clarah witnessed the devastating effects of political instability. Now in Grade 11 at UWCSEA, Maria Clarah was overjoyed when she was awarded a scholarship and is determined to make the most of her time at the College. She enjoys all her academic classes, particularly Economics and History. But the highlights of her week are the time she spends volunteering with a local food bank and with the peer-to-peer listening initiative in the Boarding House, as she feels strongly about spending time supporting those in need. Since she was young, she has written poems and articles to express herself and she has always enjoyed listening to classical music. She decided to take up the violin while at UWCSEA, despite never having played a classical instrument. She has found great solace in the violin and just before Christmas, she surprised her mother by playing Jingle Bells over FaceTime. Her true passion is helping others to find their voice, especially women. Growing up, she saw many women staying silent for fear of violence. She says, “Everyone has something to share, and you shouldn’t be afraid of what others think.” She believes in the power of speaking the truth to create a shared understanding and greater peace in the world. “When I share my story, it creates understanding. It’s a small thing, but when everyone does it, it breaks down traditional mindsets and creates opportunities for peace. Every voice matters.” After UWCSEA, she hopes to attend university and continue helping young people build their confidence and skills, as UWCSEA has done for her. Maria Clarah is deeply grateful to UWCSEA for her scholarship and wishes more young people could benefit from this transformative education. She says, “Before I came here, I never could have imagined sharing a bedroom with someone from a different culture, and just the simple act of living day to day with a young person from another culture has expanded my mindset. At UWCSEA, we learn to embrace different cultures, creating connections and a more harmonious future for everyone.”
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Anyi ‘23
Scholar from Colombia “I am so grateful to have had this opportunity to study at UWCSEA. I only wish more kids could have a UWC education; it would make the world a more peaceful place for everyone.” Anyi grew up in a rural village in Colombia. During the country’s civil war, her family fled their village and relocated, making it difficult to find employment, education and housing. Despite these challenges, Anyi excelled at school and was a passionate advocate for equality and justice. When her High School principal told her about UWC, it was a natural fit with her interests, and she went through a long selection process over several months to obtain a scholarship. When she received the news that her application was successful, she was thrilled and couldn’t wait to share the good news with her family. In Grade 11, Anyi’s favourite subjects are Dance, Global Perspectives and Spanish. Over the last year, her English has improved tremendously, and she relishes classroom discussions about human rights and democracy and sharing personal experiences with classmates. In her Business class, she had the opportunity to invent a commercial product, and in Geography, she enjoys learning about the sustainable development of resources and cities. While at UWCSEA, Anyi has been a committed member of A Key for Guatemala, a Global Concern (GC). This GC captured her interest, as she could identify with the plight of the Guatemalans. Although COVID restrictions made it challenging for the group to fundraise, Anyi helped to rally their enthusiasm. By selling products, including bracelets and cards, they continued to provide vital funds to the GC. Anyi is beginning to dream about life beyond UWCSEA and what it might hold. She hopes to attend university in Canada to continue to learn more about different cultures and political systems. Anyi says, “Thank you for supporting my scholarship and believing in me to create positive change in this world. Studying at UWCSEA is a life-changing opportunity, and in supporting me, you have created a ripple effect that will impact the lives of many.”
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Julia Schetelig ‘18 Scholar from Germany
“At UWCSEA, I discovered my passion for enabling voices that need to be heard.” Four years after graduating from UWCSEA, Julia is connecting her passion for making a difference in the lives of others with the UWCSEA mission. She has just accepted a new job, leading people operations for Gridware, a tech start-up in the Bay Area, whose technology detects faults in electricity grids early, thus helping to prevent disastrous wildfires. Born in Berlin, Julia came to UWCSEA passionate about making an impact after volunteering in a kindergarten for refugee children while in High School. As a sixteen-year-old, she just wasn’t sure how she would do it and was torn between her passions of musical theatre and contributing to global peace. At UWCSEA, Julia pursued both interests; helping out with Drama productions backstage and volunteering with the Initiative for Peace (IfP). She found a great deal of satisfaction in playing a supportive role both for the actors in East Campus, rehearsing lines, applying makeup, and providing much needed moral support. And in IfP, Julia enjoyed the challenge of designing and facilitating activities to engage and empower young leaders to become changemakers for peace. Through both experiences, one thing became clear, Julia learned that she didn’t need to be on centre stage or at the head of a conference table, to make a difference. She realised she could be more effective behind the scenes, supporting the passionate actors or youth leaders whose skills deserved to be showcased, helping them make the most of their opportunities. She is particularly excited to be working at Gridware because of its strong internal culture that aims to enable leaders and foster creativity, inclusion and change, and its focus on climate tech. As Julia says, “I’m thrilled to be leading learning and development initiatives, where I can enable talented individuals to grow and thrive, bringing the best minds together to help make the world a better place.” She credits her experiences in musical theatre and IfP for sparking her passion for playing a critical support role in the lives of talented individuals.
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Hala Hudaib ‘21 Scholar from Jordan
“Thank you for this scholarship opportunity. Being part of the UWCSEA community is one of the most important experiences I have ever had.” Hala landed at Singapore’s Changi airport in August 2019; homesick but also excited about the UWCSEA experience ahead. She left her family and friends behind in Jordan, ready to join the East Campus community. She says, “Joining UWCSEA was one of the most daring steps I have ever taken.” She would be studying in English for the first time. What she couldn’t have foreseen was that the COVID-19 pandemic would wreak havoc on the world six months later, disrupting global travel and keeping her in Singapore until graduation in May 2021. At UWCSEA, Hala joined a yoga class and a Focus Group, #Grace, where students discussed issues of race as they related to privilege. The group was keen on making an impact on the lives of others and worked with the PSE team at East Campus to implement their ideas. And like many students, Hala was immediately enthralled by the diversity at the College. She remarks, “I never imagined having friends or roommates from Ghana, India, Myanmar, or Thailand.” Some of Hala’s most profound learning came from the cross-cultural exchange of ideas and values in conversations, both after dinner in the Boarding House and the classroom. Her favourite subject was Global Politics and although she struggled at first to learn the correct terminology, once she did, she was keen to contribute. When the class was studying terrorism, she willingly shared her perspective from growing up in the Middle East. She also conferred with the teacher about selecting educational resources and was able to recommend interesting literature for the group. She remarks, ”All of the different conversations that we had discussing political or religious topics were a blessing because it has changed how I approach people; it has increased my sensitivity and awareness of others.” Today, Hala is in her first year studying at Georgetown University in Qatar. She plans to focus her degree on Culture and Politics. Although classes have been mostly online, she has continued to make an impact and joined the student Justice for Palestine group to learn more about what’s happening in her region. She looks forward to meeting her Georgetown classmates in person and continuing to make an impact as part of the university community.
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OUR PROGRAMMES
Bringing innovation in learning to new heights
Innovative programmes help the College keep pace with the ever-changing educational landscape. As the world of work changes and it becomes evident that collaborative solutions to global problems will be required to help create a sustainable future, UWCSEA is committed to developing young people who can respond to the challenges.
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UWCSEA East Innovation from ideation to launch SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS 2020/2021 was the inaugural year of the UWCSEA East Innovation initiative due to the generous support of KP and Priya Balaraj, parents of alumni, which established innovation as a focus of creative community engagement and entrepreneurial student activity across the campus. Several new ideas were explored, others expanded and a range of existing student initiatives were brought together and nurtured under the UWCSEA East Innovation umbrella. It was a transformative year in which the initiative was defined with a mission and vision statement, establishing a solid foundation and momentum for many successful years ahead. John Zobrist, Head of Innovation, said, “With the support of peers, staff and partner organisations, community members are turning their greatest dreams into reality and bringing the UWC mission to life in new and creative ways. UWCSEA East Innovation is a transformational, campus-wide initiative founded in STEM that supports students to think big, dig deep and deliver real-world solutions to the most pressing issues of our times.” A new annual opportunity was created to encourage staff to ‘think outside the box’ to bring innovation to students. Four grants were awarded to support: a Sports Science app enabling tracking and customising of training schedules; a real-time geographic information system giving students access to map data; support and mentorship for the Grade 2 tinkering pod and Lego STEAM integration with Junior School curriculum.
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teacher innovation grants issued
400+
students impacted
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East Campus students competed in innovation competitions
“We believe in the power of ingenuity and out of the box thinking and are confident UWCSEA East innovation initiatives nurture the skills and passions needed to face the challenges of the future.” KP AND PRIYA BALARAJ
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JUNIOR SCHOOL TINKERING PODS As part of the Maker Community initiative, tinkering areas were built in the Grade 4 and 5 shared pod space. This exciting new space provides students with daily access to hand tools and recycled materials, encouraging their creativity and STEM skills. The tinkering area is always open and students visit during their breaks and lunchtimes, using the tools to bring their ideas to life.
PARTNERSHIPS Collaboration with external partners is a key strategic aim in the development of UWCSEA East Innovation, and throughout the first year, relationships were built with local and regional partners that will prove mutually beneficial in the years to come. Partnerships are critical as they allow students to draw expertise from industry partners and experts, so that their ideas can be tested against real-world constraints and have the best possible chance of success. The Community Lab onsite at East Campus with its expertise and existing relationships within the Tampines neighbourhood is a natural partner, as is the Dover Campus IDEAS Hub. UWCSEA alumni have a wealth of knowledge to share and UWCSEA East Innovation presented an interactive seminar at the August 2021 Alumni Reunion. In February and March 2021, students from both campuses participated in the Smart City Programme and Challenge in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation.
FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Under the mentorship of John, 31 students participated in the prestigious FIRST Robotics competition. This tournament is particularly challenging as it requires teams of High School students to work together over many months to build industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game in alliance with other teams, while also fundraising to meet their goals, designing a team brand, and advancing appreciation for STEM within their local community. The East Campus group of rookie students, known as Team Wall-East, faced many challenges, from a basic lack of experience in robot design to a near-fatal fall of the robot from a table. And while still trying to get their robot working, students volunteered as teaching assistants for CAD and Java courses for underprivileged girls in India, conducted webinars with schools in Singapore, India, and Hong Kong, and started a ‘Girls for STEM’ campaign. Team Wall-East was overjoyed to win the Rookie Game Changer Award for Asia-Pacific.
“The team learned about industrial robotics, honed their STEM skills, and helped other students around the world, all thanks to the incredible innovation initiatives at UWCSEA. I am so grateful to have this opportunity and it has helped prepare me for university.” VEDANT, Grade 12 student, Captain: Team Wall–East and recipient of Dean’s List Award 2021
LOOKING AHEAD The first year of UWCSEA East Innovation surpassed expectations and has shown the tremendous depth of innovative thinking and talent to make the world a better place through the interplay between technology and creativity. While in the longer term, there may be a dedicated innovation space established on East Campus, the focus is on supporting students to take their original concepts from ideation to launch. Students are empowered to create innovative products, services and systems that provide solutions to real-world problems and needs within their community. Inspired? Visit the UWCSEA East Innovation website
The Smart City Programme and Challenge collaborating for the future
In February and March 2021, UWCSEA hosted the Smart City Programme and Challenge at the Dover IDEAS Hub in partnership with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation (HMC/KIA). Over 40 High School students from both campuses attended the programme, which kicked off with an interactive lecture series. Delivered by experts, the sixhour launch programme addressed themes of new mobility solutions, cleantech, energy, new smart services and smart infrastructure in relation to smart cities. Culminating in a hackathon on Saturday, 27 March at the IDEAS Hub, 11 teams of students were supported by HMC/KIA and UWCSEA staff as they created a business case for an initiative on a smart city topic of their choice. A panel of experts judged the final projects with students competing for prizes generously supplied by HMC/KIA. The combination of lecture series and hackathon gave students insights and hands-on experience of how technology is changing the world around them and how they can help develop viable solutions for the future. Congratulations to all students who took part. Thank you to our partners at HMC/KIA for helping to deliver this programme for our students.
“It’s so inspiring to hear young people’s ideas for the future and help them turn into reality. UWCSEA students took the challenge and ran with it, working hard to develop very innovative and exciting initiatives for smart cities of the future.” DR. YUNSEONG HWANG, Vice President and Head of Open Innovation Investment Group, Hyundai Motor Group
WINNING IDEAS Congratulations to our student teams: 1st place: SocioPonics, a modular, smart, affordable, and configurable hydroponic unit to promote social gardening and provide smart communities with clean and healthy sources of nutrition. Rehaan and Winston (Grade 12) 2nd place: Smart Fitness, new workout experience through smart technology and infrastructure. Nicolau, Pei, Rasmus, Samh and Shreya (Grade 11) 3rd place: Optimisation of tree distribution, using data analytics to optimise planting outcomes. Aakash, Anvay, Uditi and Yuri (Grade 11)
”For the Smart City Challenge, our team used data science to optimise tree placement in urban spaces. We learned how to turn our idea into an effective business strategy and we hope to help foster more sustainable practices in city planning, architectural education, and systems thinking.” YURI, ANVAY, UDITI, AAKASH (L–R), students who won third place in the Challenge
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Interested? Find out more on the IDEAS Hub website
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A new primary playspace
a rooftop playground
The College is developing an exciting new rooftop play and learning area for K1–G1 East Campus students. This innovative space utilises materials that can be moved all around the space and used in endless ways and the only limit is the imagination of our students. The versatility of movable equipment provides children with a variety of opportunities to create and develop skills such as problem-solving, engineering, hand-eye coordination, fine motor development, concentration and creativity. The space is designed so that students can experience learning through all of their senses and can learn in, and with, nature. Students use water play areas to bring out their inner engineer, creating pathways for water using multiple levels and a series of pipes and blocks. This activity strongly encourages the development of problem solving skills, teamwork and collaboration. We look forward to building a sensory garden growing herbs, aromatherapy plants, plants that will attract wildlife, and more. Our students will be involved in planting, nurturing and tending the gardens. The rooftop space will be further enhanced by planting and social seating for students to develop their communication skills, deepening existing friendships and developing new ones.
SKILLS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE NEW PLAYGROUND: Concentration | Creativity | Engineering | Fine motor development | Gross motor development | Hand-eye coordination | Language and vocabulary building | Literacy | Mathematical thinking | Problem solving | Scientific thinking | Social and emotional development
This new play and learning space was made possible thanks to a generous community donor.
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OTHER TEACHING AND LEARNING INITIATIVES FUNDED IN 2020/2021 INCLUDE: • Chinese Culture and History Programme (Dover Campus) • Books and Burritos (Staff professional development) • Linguistic Landscaping Project (Dual Campus) • Murals Project (Dover Campus) • Installation of Primary School play structure (Dover Campus)
Read more about UWCSEA’s Teaching and Learning Programmes
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OUR PLANET
Shaping the eco-entrepreneurs of tomorrow
Addressing issues of sustainability is a priority at the College and for Singapore. UWCSEA aims to make sustainability a significant part of every child’s education, evidenced by the way our learning programme has concepts of sustainable development embedded throughout and by the sheer number of eco-projects that our students initiate and support each year, as well as how we operate all aspects of our campuses.
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Marine conservation education making waves UWCSEA prepares students with the knowledge and skills to develop the commitment to care for our planet with a bias for action. Thanks in part to philanthropic support, significant strides were made in 2020/2021 to our marine conservation initiatives. Informing and inspiring students to develop a commitment to care for Earth’s oceans and marine life has never been more critical. At UWCSEA, environmental learning is embedded throughout the curriculum and 2020/2021 proved to be an exciting year for marine conservation. Thanks to support from Van Oord, we installed coral fragmentation tanks and aquariums at East Campus, and developed several marine-focused initiatives that will have a lasting impact on students. In December 2020, the College signed a partnership agreement with Conservation International Singapore (CISingapore) to develop more opportunities for marine conservation education. Additionally, the new student Conservation@SEA group at East Campus completed its first year as a Middle and High School Service with nearly 30 members.
MARINE AQUARIUM TANK SYSTEMS At Dover Campus, additional corals, anemones, and fish were added to the existing tank in the High School Science Department and there was significant student learning about marine ecosystems. Much to the delight of East Campus students, an extensive, built-in tank system was installed in the canteen in July 2021, consisting of an aquarium on the upper level and a coral fragmentation tank below. All the marine life in the tank was ethically sourced and students researched the supply chain of the tank system ensure it was sustainable. The tanks are thriving with 20 different species of fish, including Clownfish and Blue Tang and soft and hard corals. Four experimental tanks were also added to the East Campus High School Science pod and are populated with hard corals.
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“Educating the next generation of eco-entrepreneurs has never been more critical, and we hope that through our gift, students will be inspired to care for our planet’s oceans which are the foundation of life and the source of great biodiversity and wonder.” MARTIN MEIJERS, Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors REAL-LIFE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES CI-Singapore offered several virtual education opportunities for students. They presented a virtual talk for Grade 3 students as part of their Blue Planet Unit of Study, which included a focus on whale sharks. The talk opened students’ eyes to how whale sharks live and the threats they face. In the Informational Fiction Unit of Study, many children chose to continue researching and learning about whale sharks as they were inspired by what they had learned. CI-Singapore presented a workshop to High School students about whale shark data interpretation. Whale shark research is a relatively new endeavour and there are many aspects of whale shark behaviour that have never been investigated before. As a result, students have a unique opportunity to be involved in new scientific discoveries and work with experts in the field. A number of Dover IB Biology students wrote Extended Essays using existing whale shark data, including the location of the animals (using a GPS), distance, depth and water temperature. Student essay titles included: “How do whale sharks’ migratory and diving patterns vary over the course of a year?” and “How does the size of a whale shark affect its diving patterns?”
STUDENT AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY
50 students in marine conservation programmes at the College
3 IB Extended Essays written about marine conservation
400+ capacity for student connection to aquarium through curriculum lessons in 2021/2022
The Conservation@SEA group at East Campus completed its first year as a Middle and High School Service. In preparation for the installation of the new tank system, students researched content for the informational pillars to accompany the tanks. These installations will be used as teaching boards for K–12 student workshops with CI-Singapore in 2021/2022. Claire Psillides, Head of Environmental Sustainability at East Campus, says, “Marine conservation has really taken off. The students are so engaged with the tanks, the species, collaborating with local partners and regional NGOs; they are truly growing their ‘blue hearts’. Their work will expand beyond their service group in 2021/2022 and as they become experts, they will reach out to other students and community members.”
“I’m so inspired and passionate about protecting marine ecosystems, I’m already researching universities where I can continue to learn about this. I’m ready to dedicate my life to protecting marine ecosystems.” FINN, Grade 8, East Campus
Rainforest Restoration Project Think global. Plant local. Home to thousands of species, rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are the ‘lungs’ of our planet, storing carbon and releasing oxygen, but they are under threat and shrinking. To help protect this vital biosphere, critical to human survival, since 2004, UWCSEA’s Rainforest Restoration Project (RRP) has raised hundreds of rainforest tree seedlings, many critically endangered. And for many years the College has worked closely with Singapore’s NParks; learning from each other, conducting seminars and more recently, working on Singapore’s Million Trees Initiative. Due to COVID restrictions, students couldn’t get out into nature and plant in Singapore. Still, they were delighted to support Singapore’s Million Trees initiative. They donated 20 saplings of the Hopea ferrea, Hopea helferi, and Parkia specios that had hardened off and were ready for planting. This was an inspiring opportunity for the students to have their saplings planted into tropical rainforests, where they will thrive for years to come. In addition, with the support of NParks, students were assigned a section of Singapore’s new Green Rail Corridor to manage. This green trail is home to many species, including hornbills, the endangered rafflebanded langur and the Sunda pangolin. Students were tasked with weeding and removing invasive species that can inhibit sapling growth. As part of their work, students also conducted surveys collecting data on biodiversity and the health of the existing trees.
1,050
seedlings and saplings in the RRP nurseries
12 new species introduced into the RRP nurseries in 2020/2021, including
4 that are locally threatened or endangered
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The RRP students welcomed more classes than ever before to their programmes in 2020/2021. At Dover Campus, Grade 7s, as part of their Sustainable Development and Systems Thinking Humanities Unit of Study, were given a tour of the rainforest nursery and compost area. At East Campus, Grade 10 Foundation IB students participated in a unique conservation experience with eight critically endangered tree species and wrote poems focusing on environmental activism. Mark Porter, Middle School teacher says, “The Rainforest Restoration Project is a great example of how UWCSEA takes student enthusiasm for change, enhanced by academic learning, and applies that to enacting real change in Singapore. This fits with our goal of educating individuals to embrace challenges and take responsibility for shaping a better world.”
“I joined the Rainforest Restoration Project in Grade 9, and over the last four years, I’ve seen our environmental advocacy make a big impact and developed a real passion for preserving Singapore’s precious rainforests.” NANDINI, RRP Student Chair, Dover Campus
“I’m so pleased that our gift has enabled and will continue to provide students with the skills, dedication, and passion for Singapore’s vital ecosystems; they are truly thinking globally and acting locally.” KIRTIDA MEKANI, whose donation through the Kirtida and Bharat Mekani Sustainable Development Fund helped to fund the Rainforest Restoration Project
READ MORE ABOUT OTHER SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES FUNDED IN 2020/2021, INCLUDING A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A UWCSEA RAINFOREST RESTORATION PROJECT NURSERY: • Adopt a tree (Dual Campus)
• Green Heart (Dover Campus)
• Biomimicry and Biodiversity programmes (Dual Campus)
• Outdoor classrooms (East Campus)
• Campus Greening (Dual Campus)
• Solar (East Campus)
• Composting (Dover Campus)
• Sustainability alumni internship (Dover Campus)
• Edible Gardens (Dover Campus)
• Recycling centre (East Campus)
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GIVING AT A GLANCE
Financial overview and donor roll
Donations to the UWCSEA Fund are transformative, as they are pooled together to the greatest effect. Thank you for including UWCSEA in your giving priorities.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Programmes and Priorities
S$1,936,978
Our People
General Purpose Gifts
Our Programmes
Our Planet
S$222,510
S$2.33 million
S$88,943
S$69,479
Funds raised*
Endowment
S$10,600 * Including pledges made in 2020/2021 and to be paid in future years.
Financial Relief Programme
Donors who are members of more than one community group are reflected in all relevant constituencies.
S$2,750
The figures included in this report represent the 2020/2021 financial year.
20%
1,213 Unique donors
Families donating
18% Staff donating
ENDOWMENT Gifts to support the endowment help ensure the long term financial sustainability of our broad range of programmes and initiatives.
S$5,932 Unrestricted Funds (General)
S$12,143 total endowment (in ’000)
S$6,211 Restricted Funds
S$10,600 New gifts received
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DONOR RECOGNITION 1971 SOCIETY Recognises those who have made cumulative lifetime gifts of S$10,000 or more to UWCSEA.
6 Chairman’s Circle (S$1,000,000 and above)
243
11 Patron (S$500,000– S$999,999) 44 Benefactor (S$100,000–S$499,999)
Members
20 Fellow (S$50,000–S$99,999) 162
Member (S$10,000–S$49,999)
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UWCSEA DONOR ROLL The collective power of giving to the College through the UWCSEA Foundation is transformational. Each year hundreds of parents, staff, alumni, their families and generous friends of the College join together to support the UWCSEA mission. Community generosity allows the College to go above and beyond for our students, who are at the centre of everything we do, and provide more opportunities for students to benefit from our unique mission-driven education. Every act of generosity has the power to transform lives. You are truly making a difference—thank you.
1971 SOCIETY MEMBERS Named in honour of the year the College was opened by the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, the 1971 Society recognises those who have made cumulative lifetime gifts of S$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 Gale and Shelby Davis Lee Hysan Foundation MAC3 Lizanne ’83 and Robert A. Milton ’78 Ricardo and Petra Portabella Anonymous Donor
Patrons KP and Priya Balaraj Bataua Scholarship Fund Andy and Mei Budden Chung’s Family Kewalram Chanrai Group Mara McAdams and David Hand The Sassoon Family Foundation Trafigura Pte Ltd. Mary Ann Tsao Robinson UWC Denmark National Committee Anonymous Donor
Benefactors A grateful UWCSEA family Karan Adani ’05 AT Capital Pte Ltd Capital International Inc. Fredrik Fosse ’03 Gary Basil Scholarship Fund Lester and Christine Gray Suhardiman Hartono Shiv and Urvashi Khemka Sanjay and Ravina Kirpalani KMG International N.V. In Honour of the late Lal Kumar and Dr. Rajadurai Leon Le Mercier ’94 Puan Sri Low Siew Hoong Education Fund
MacFadden Family Mayank Singhal of PI Industries Ltd Kirtida and Bharat Mekani Nang Kham Noung ’09 Nang Lang Kham ’07 Nang Mo Hom ’14 Sonia Nayaham and Hari Kumar Aya and Yukihiro Nomura Ormiston Family Ravi and Sumati Raheja S and V Foundation Reza and Imelda Sasmito Safavi Scholae Mundi SK-NIS Maxim and Altynay Telemtayev UWC Changshu China UWC National Committee of Germany UWC Spain National Committee UWCSEA East Parents’ Association Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors In Memory of Sarojini Viswalingam Waltermann Family, Teresa ’10, Helena ’12, Leo ’16 Dauren Yerdebay Anonymous gifts made by 7 donors
Fellows Dato Abdul Rahman Abdul Shariff and Datin Dr. Mona Abdul Rahman BHP Billiton Nitin and Amie Gulabani Hamanaka Family Family Harrold Mr and Mrs Hooi Siew Yan Peter ’83 and Tine Jessen Manzoni Family Julianne and Jeremy Martin
Anna Mezhentseva Mikael Mörn ’92 Bovornrudee Poonsornsiri Prince of Wales Trust Shripriya Mahesh Ramanan and Ramanan Raghavendran Saga Tree Capital UWC China National Committee UWCSEA Dover Parents’ Association Mr Tim Yu and Ms Nancy Dong Yun Dai Family Anonymous Donor
Members Abad Merritt Family Ada Annika and Ayush Maneet Arora Nurcahya Basuki Beckmann Family Bhargava Family Simon Bignell and Andrea McDonald Åsa and Magnus Böcker Carmichael Family Jonathan and Corinne Carter Nicholas Chan Derek and Katherine Chang David and Sonja Chong Ronald Chong ’78 Sinéad Collins and Gary Toner Paul Cummins ’78 James Dalziel and Nancy Fairburn Jerome and Stephanie David Viren and Ruchee Desai Madhavi Devi, Pithoragarh Priti Devi and Tarun Kataria Alex Dong Ojas ’91 and Ruchi Doshi
Chris Edwards Iain and Tejas Ewing Dale Fisher ’78 Craig Flood ’78 Anupam Garg and Salonee Verma Gay Chee Cheong Rob and Jeanette Gilby Ko Ko Gyi and Moe Moe Zhirui Hai ’20 Pippa Haley Kush Handa ’78 Haroon Family Haupter Family Tek and Angeline Heng KC Hew Seng Chee and Audrey Ho Holt Family Ross and Florence Jennings Jia Family ’21 Haeyong Jung Il Yong Jung ’02 and Seo Yun Kim Rachel Jung Kandisaputro and Juliet Sanjeev Kapur Ijaz Kato and Shukura Babirye Kazuomi and Eri Kaneto Prashant and Claudia Kedia Kennedy-Cooke Family David Kim Taeyeon Kim’s Parents Mark Koczanowski and Vicky Binns Varun Kodthivada and Tara Gupta Julie Ann Kohn and Dan Swift and Family Pat Kongboonma Lan Jian Lau Family Cheu Seng Lee ’80
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Sung and Fumi Lee Family Dr and Mrs Lim Ka Liang Joe Liu and Josephine Kang Lord Family Buchan and Malee Love Magnier Family Kishore Mahbubani Jacques Mainguy ’79 Manabe Family Manson Family Masuhr Family McLaughlin Family John Menkes Mikayla Menkes ’17 Jan and Rebecca Meurer Miao Ji Hui and Jin Di Bindiya and Raj Mishra Kyoko and Shunji Miyakoshi Moreau Family Ben Morgan Geetha Muthiah
Ne Aung and Khin Moe Nyunt Newman Family Mikhail Nikolaev Ong Tze Boon and Wang YiYi Julie and Albert Ovidi Pang Family Dominic and Tania Pemberton Petersik Family Jason and Lisa Plamondon Jean de Pourtales Ravi and Lakshmi Raju Nisha and Rajesh Raman Mr and Mrs G. S. Ramesh Ashwin Ranganathan and Claire Ngo Utsav Ratti ’96 Mark Reinecke ’86 Reitmaier Family Rigel Technology (S) Pte Ltd Rothschild and Co Singapore Meera Sahgal Vinod Sahgal
Kenji Sakurai Miran Salgado ’79 Mario and Francesca Salvatori Valentin Schillo and Zhou Qi Jennifer and Jason Scott John Shang ’78 Satish and Anita Shankar Dave and Sue Shepherd Richard and Zainab Slovenski Jeremy and Janet Snoad Sobti Family Mr and Mrs Sohmen-Pao Tord ’86 and Kimberly Stallvik Stirrat Family Declan and Chisa O’Sullivan Takeda Family Aya Takeda and Joseph Chia Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd Kotaro and Itsuko Tamura Serena Tang Chris and Fleur Thomas
Arvind and Niharika Tiku Hideshi and Mana Tokoi Tokuhashi Family Mr and Mrs Shinichi and Emi Tonomura Srinivas Venkatraman Rupinder and Gurpreet Vohra Wang Piau Voon and Lam Li Min Julian and Buff Whiteley Mr and Mrs Zain C. Willoughby ’78 Mr and Mrs Yaw Chee Ming Young Thomson Family Sheng Zhang and Donna Tang Zhiming Zhang and Yanhong Huang Soofian ’90 and Fatima Zuberi Anonymous gifts made by 23 donors
GLOBE GIVING CLUB The Globe Giving Club recognises those generous and loyal donors who take a leading role in the future development and success of UWCSEA by making an annual contribution of S$1,000 or more. Ada
Carmichael Family
Nicola and Bob Harayda
AG Kusuma
Alchin Family
Indranil Chaudhury
Haupter Family
Lukas Lambach ’05
Hemant and Rachna Amin
Ruixuan and Yanxi Chen
The Haywood Family
Conrad and Janine Latham
Abhishek Anand
Chen Yubo and Cyndy Chen
Philip James Henderson
Adam and Linsey Lawrence
Maneet Arora
Margaret Chhoa-Howard
Lauren Hickson
Lee Hysan Foundation
Family Arroyo Garcia-Tuñon
Chu Pei Hwa
Kelly Home ’90
Sung and Fumi Lee
Gaurav Babbar
Chung’s Family
Joy, Karen and George Hong
Dr Lim Ka Liang
Justin Baldauf and Sulian Tay
Sinéad Collins and Gary Toner
Hooi Family
Shan Liu
Damian Ballantine
Peter and Biby Colven ’97
Tony Hopwood
Nurcahya Basuki
Tilson and William Crew
Stéphane and Gaëlle Jacqmin
Puan Sri Low Siew Hoong Education Fund
Emma Crombie
Tine and Peter Jessen
Sinchai Luesukprasert ’96
Florian and Verena Becker
Paul Cummins ’78
Jia Family ’21
Chuan Luo
Vicky Berman and George, Eddie and Jamie Rutteman
K and S Currimbhoy
Il Yong Jung ’02 and Seo Yun Kim
Kaiyen, Sijun and Shanyi Ma
Yun Dai Family
Rachel Jung
MAC3
Arjun Bhargava ’21
Sanjoy Datta ’85
Kazuomi and Eri Kaneto
Yuki and Yasumasa Manabe
Simon Bignell and Andrea McDonald
Madhavi Devi, Pithoragarh
Yao-Hua Kang
Mara McAdams and David Hand
Ojas 91’ and Ruchi Doshi
Kankaanpää-Monney Family
The McDonnell Family
Sandra Binny
East Enterprise Project team
Ijaz Kato and Shukura Babirye
The McLaughlin Family
Zoe Brittain
Mahmoud and Karin Esmaeili
Rameet Kaur
Jan and Rebecca Meurer
Brutsch Family
Victoria, Andy and Patrick Ferris
Neil Keating
Mirabaud Family
Bryant Family
Anupam Garg and Salonee Verma
Parag Khanna
Mikael Mörn ’92
M and B Campbells
Gerber Family
Kiesselbach Family
Rehema Munting
Capital International Limited
Lester and Christine Gray
David Kim
Scott Murray
Capital International Limited in honor of Pingping Yang
Ayush and Annika Guptan
Taeyeon Kim’s Parents
Bhanuben Naik
Pippa Haley
Yijoon Kim and Jung Ah Kim
Elena and Shin Nakamura
Capital International Limited in honor of Sung Lee
Hamanaka Family
James Kirrane
Nang Lang Kham ’07
Gyuah and Gyubin Han
Dymfke Kuijpers and Martien van Osch
Nang Kham Noung ’09
Battenfeld
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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Nang Mo Hom ’14 Dr Akiko Nomura Yukihiro and Aya Nomura Gen and Tomoko Nonaka Hiro Ochiai ’03 Brian Ó Maoileoin and Kate Drudy Ronald Ong ’85 William and Nicky Pang Sean Park and Jenny Ahn Catherine Parkin Parr Family Neha and Ferish Patel Cynthia Paul Petersik Family
Pramoad Phornprapha ’85 Jason and Lisa Plamondon Subarna and Mohan Prabhakar George Psillides Janine Lucia Q. Young Jabiz Raisdana Birgit Reitmaier Valentin Schillo and Zhou Qi Schneuwly Family Dr. and Mrs. B Schwender The Sharrys Vidya Shankararaman Mikaela Gabrielle Pagdanganan Sicat Stirrat Family
Lindsay Strickland Aris Sunarko Kenichi and Wakaho Takahama Toshiro and Eiko Takekoshi Maria Takimoto Graeme Temple and Liu Ying Shruti Tewari Yosuke Tokuhashi Tsang’s Family UWCSEA Dover Parents’ Association UWCSEA East Parents’ Association Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors In Memory of Sarojini Viswalingam Roxanne Walker
Waltermann Family, Teresa ’10, Helena ’12, Leo ’16 Ben and Fon Wilson Wenfang Wu N Yang Mr and Mrs Yaw Chee Ming Yeung Sun Wei Shima and Yoshiyuki Yoshinari Jee Won You and Jung Ah Ji YT Family Mr Tim Yu and Ms Nancy Dong Vicky Zhang Hongbo Zhao Wenting Zhu Anonymous gifts made by 43 donors
SUPPORTERS Each and every gift makes a difference benefitting current and future students and allowing the College to expand its teaching and learning programmes and sustainability initiatives. Cynthia Aarons ’21
Cordelia Bowden ’20
Team Crane
Dubois-Denis Family
Nadjha Acosta ’00
Bray-Bridgewater Family
Mary Crew ’21
Duncan Family
Arunas Aisparas and Zaklina Aispariene
Susanne Brok
Ruby Cristol ’21
Tony Dura Canales
Kayla Bryant ’21
Stryder Crouse ’21
Varun Dutt ’04
Amelie Alchin ’21
Catherine Butler
Chen Cui ’21
Edwards McAuliffe Family
Susan Allen
Rebecca Butterworth
Dahan Family
Karin Edwards ’21
Nienke Altena
Julie Dale
Ekrem and Elif
Nandini Anand ’21
Andy, Sarah, Ethan, Toby and Isobel Carter
The Dally Fishers
Eashan Elan
Caroline Araneta
Casalme Family
Lorena Daly Ferreira
Gemma Elford Dawson
Adrian Armstrong
Cassani’s Family
Barry Daniels
Eric and Fumiko
Arpita and Ayan
Francesco Castagna ’21
Leah Daniels
Jacqueline Evanko
Naida Arrindell
Carlos Cazorla Garcia
Monoj and Archita Das
Hala Eyad Mohammad Hudaib ’21
Aishath Atho ’21
Christine Chaboyer
Komal Daswani
Molly and David Fassbender
Esther Berlany Avalos Flores ’21
Evelyn Chao ’21
Christopher Davies
Andrea Felker and Chris Haigh
Myriam Fleur Bénédicte Baile ’21
Isabel Chapman ’21
Hila Davies ’20
Cindy-Lee Ferguson
Paul Baird
Radhika Chavali
Tim Davies and Sumi Dhanarajan
Don and Purni Ferrin
Suresh Balasubramanian
Brian Chen
Nicholas Dawling
Andrew Fielding
Karen Balthazaar
Patrick YH Chen
Linda De Flavis
Leah Finkelstein
Nat Bane
Richard Chen ’21
Fam. De Smet
Lesley Finley
Barnard Family
Albert Cheng ’21
Family Van den Heede
Claire Firat
Adam Beach ’21
Timothy Cheung and Sue-Ann Yong
Emily Dean ’21
Charlotte Firmenich ’21
Bruce William Becker ’75
Chia Yoke Chee
Simon Dean
Anna Fitzgerald ’21
Bellancourt
Chiampo Family
Benjamin Detenber and Nikki Draper
Gianina Flegueras ’21
Ian Bellhouse and Eleanor Great
W. K. Chong ’75
Jaime Agustin Dimalanta ’21
Daniel Forster
Erin Belliveau
Eunice Chua
Gavin Dinsdale
Emily Azaasumah Freko ’21
The Beri Family
Chua Ken Hon and Chua Rue En
Nicola Dinsdale
Aika Fuls
Hami Bianchi
Joseph Chung and Family
Michelle Djaja
Furler Family
Kristin Bishop
Cody Family
Amanda Dobles ’21
Sophia G ’08
Nick ’98 and Rachel Blewitt
Brooke Cohen ’21
Dom
Helen Gamble
Diana Bondarenko ’21
Viki Cole
Nora Donohue
Simone Gamble ’21
Vicky Booth
Gilles Collong
Victoria Dotsenko ’21
Francesca Gasparrini
The Borgstroms
In memory of Tim Cook
Duff Douglas
X. Geng
Nimrod Boshi Levine ’21
Frederique and Julian Corbett
Lucy Draper ’21
Rania and Lucas Ghai
Rachel Bourrachot Ep.Leonard
Mireille Couture and Paul Carpenter
Galina Drozdova ’20
The Ghirardello Family
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Kimaya Ghoge ’21
Noyonika Jain ’21
John Liu
Mary Newbigin
Ronald Gillies
Jaeisma Binti Jamil
Qing Liu
Chris Newman
Marie-Anne Glavan
Dong Hae Jang ’16
Serena Liu ’21
Margaud Nguyen ’21
Steve, Marcela, Alex and Ellie Glover
Veronica Jansen
Liu Xin
Wolfgang Oesch
Velia Goberna
Dhrithika Jayanth ’21
Xinchang Liu ’21
Claire O’Farrell
Goldberg Family
Rakeb Abraham Jebessa ’21
Erin Lkhagvadorj
Kazuma Ogawa
Blanca Gonzalez ’21
Robert Jefferiss
Alison Lloyd
Ayami Ohya ’21
Alan and Brooks Goodyear
Leigh Jenner
Hubert Loh ’21
Steven and Paige Okun
Anahitha Gopikumar ’21
Maria-Pilar Jimenez
Phui Cheu Loh
Ong Chaw Yin
Aryan Govil ’21
Tracy Jochmann
Devanshi Loomba ’21
Lonneke Oostveen ’21
Govil Family
Alison Jones
Ana Lopez Guerrero
Dan and Libby Orr
Katie Gray ’21
Lord Family
Dean Orviss
Victoria Great
Tejal Bianca Joseph Salhotra and Tiana Isabella Joseph Salhotra
Darius Lorens ’21
Hans-Kristian Ostlund ’21
Cloris Gu
Anupama Joshi
Ellie Luckcock
Richard Paisley ’21
Priya and Piyush Gupta
Rachel Jung ’21
Inna Luengas
Rheya Panjwani
Kevin Hall
Savva Kalinin ’21
The Lundgaard Family
The Pantekoeks
Nina Hall
Eunjeong Kang
Deyi Luo
Jia Amish Parekh
Richard Hannah
Jill and Rob Kaplan
Eric Lyman
Ashi Parelkar ’21
Sarah Harrison
Ami Kashima ’21
Martin Lyon
Kirstie Parker
Caroline Harvie ’99
Prashant and Claudia Kedia
Maggie Ma
Aashna Passey
Luke Haugen
Sneha and Manish Kedia
Runer(Ariel) Ma
Tanishka S Patil
Sharon Heller
Carolyn Kelly ’21
Paul MacCallum ’84
Patrick ’78
Sunny Henon ’21
Kiah
Todd MacDougall ’78
Maia Peacock ’21
Alice Henry
Minjung Kim ’21
The MacSwain Family
Imogen Pefianco
Sumin Heo ’21
Stephanie Kim ’21
Karen Maheshwary
Sinuan Phoeung ’21
Mariela Hernandez Toba ’21
Varun Kodthivada and Tara Gupta
Lusiana Mailakeba ’21
Phunziro Enock Phuza ’21
Steven Hickey
Alexander Krefft ’93
Nadine Mains
Imogen Piccirilli
Adrian Hill
Maya Krishnamoorthy
Masami Makino
Family Pluijmers
Lauren Hill ’21
Channaka Kumaranatunga ’95
Jia Malhotra ’21
Emily Potter ’21
Lisa Hill
Brianna Kuo ’21
Irene Malone
Maya Prakash ’21
Victoria Hill
Remzije Kupe ’21
Kartisha Manocha
Teja Prakash ’21
Adrienne Hintz ’81
Sara Kurniawan ’21
Markgraf
Jennifer Prescott
Gordon Hirons
Julie Martens
Tim Pruzinsky
Tatsuki Hirota
Drummond, Alice, Claire and Alexander Kwiatkowski
Jonathan Mayhew
Manaw Kyar Phyu ’21
Trina Putt
Jensen and Annette Hjorth
Rebecca Maynard
Kyurin and Gyubin
Chufei Qiu ’21
Richard Holland ’97
McCarthy Family
Jennifer Holmes
Oscar Landgren ’21
Laura McCullough
João Quadros Branco Bernardino Chaves ’21
Piotr Holysz
Reet Lath ’21
Paula and Andy McKillop
Po Eic Quah ’21
Gerbrand Hoogvliet ’06
Eve Latham ’21
Annie McLaughlin ’21
Alex Rajnak ’21
Amy Horan ’21
Erynn Lau ’21
Meddour-Steiger Family
Mallika Ramdas
Yuyu Hosokawa ’21
Nicholas A. Laveris
Frankie Meehan
Sora Ramnebro
Caroline Howorth
Isabelle Lean ’21
Ayesha Menon ’21
Mahika Rastogi
Wendy Hsu
Jasmine Lee ’21
Noah Meurer ’21
Raver-Wong Family
Kevin Hu
Helen Leeming
Kristin Mikulka
Rhea Reddy ’21
Xiao Hu
Nathalie Legrée
Elijah Milburn ’21
Patrick Renouf
Yifei Hu
Familie Leitner
Luke Milburn
Thomas Reske ’75
Leon, Simone and Alicia Hunte
Lorette Leone ’21
David Millard
Gareth Richards
Caitlin Hutchinson
Kate Levy
Minford Family
Risa Roppongi
Rachel Ingram
Kate Lewis and Doug Wills
Yuki Mitsuyasu ’01
Stephen Rowcliffe
Lucy Inkster ’21
Li Jie
Sarah Mollitt
Luca Salvatori ’21
Mayu Inoue ’21
KC Sam Li
Cao Moleti Moloi ’21
Salvo Family
Liam Isaac
Zhongrui Li ’21
Lei Yee Mon ’21
Oliver Sampson
Karen Ishii
Sicheng Liang
Hana Mori ’21
Rebecca Sandford
Elizabeth Jackson
Liao Chunhua
Sophie Morley
Clare Sandlund ’10
Jack Jackson ’21
Xuan Ru Liew ’21
Arkie Morris ’21
Tidaporn Santimanawong
Elodie Jacqmin ’21
Michael Little
Varun Nagpal ’21
Aishwarya Santosh ’21
Antara Jain ’21
Amber and Elijah Liu
Maya Naishtein ’21
Kym Santoso ’21
Charu Jain
Elijah Anthony Liu ’21
Dhevin Nandyala ’21
Santhi d/o Sataymuthi
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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Miu Sato ’21 Johannes Schellekens Julia Schetelig ’18 Jasmine Scott Cyanthi and Janaka Seneviratne Dongwon Seo ’17 Gary and Mel Seston Tanisha Sethi ’21 Sathia Bhama Sethu Madhavan Hamza Shah ’21 Huashan Shen Jiaxin Shi ’21 Shim Shang Doe Celine Shin Min Seo Shin ’21 Mikaela Sicat ’21 Graham Silverthorne and Wendy Tang M and M Singh Shishir and Nidhi Singh Taranjeet Singh Jennifer Smith Hendrik Soewatdy ’00 Danielle Solk Moses, Sarah, Evelyn and Eleanor Song Martin Spreckley Jill Stephenson Andrea Strachan Martin Suarez Hannah Sogabe Subbaraman ’21 Swati Subramaniam ’21 Sri Priya Sundararajan ’95 Sweeneys Meiko Taima ’21 Itsuko and Kotaro Tamura Tan Hsin Ci Lee Hong Tan Matti Tan ’20 Sarah Tan ’21 Allan Tang ’01 Youran Vermeulen Tao Adam Taylor Helari Tehver ’21 Jason Teo ’21 Ratna Thakar Visalatchi Thangaveloo Poonam Thapar Simon and Cinders Thomas Finlay Thorburn ’21 Saina Tiwari ’21 Dominique and Alexandra Touchaud Miles Tranter Geoffrey Tsang Spencer Zhi Yuan Tsao Robinson ’21 Seda Tunca Adam and Angela Turner
Ian Tymms Evelin Urbancsok ’21 Martin Uy ’21 Dr. Kamal B. Vaidya Family Nuesser-van Alphen Gancanapol Van Compernolle ’99 Louis Van Oost ’21 Manoj Varghese Kate Vaughan Joke Verhaart Sabine Veron Vidushi ’21 Losalini Lesumaimaleya Camari Vodo ’21 Arricah and Kaavin Vohra Prad Vongpusanachai ’21 Lorna Walker Sara and Will Walker Joanne Wallace Katherine Wallace Juliana Wallner ’21 The Wallner Family Soula Walters Timothy Walters Wenyan Wang Andrew Ware Jane Warren ’76 John Waters Michael Watson Carl Waugh Helen Webster Wenting Pamela Kelly Wetzell Amanda Whitehouse Wickmann Family Jina Wickmann ’21 Ana Wilks ’95 Paul Williams Hannah Williamson Anisha Wilmink Melanie Wilson Joanne Winata ’21 Katherine Withington Wittig Family Carla Wong ’21 Tanyawan Wongsri ’21 Nichapa Wongthonglua ’21 Wongthonglua The Wood Family Nathan Wu Xiaoyu and Family Ailin Xu ’21 Farhana Y. Diana Yacou Li Yan Fang Yang
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
Jiayan Yang Yuhua Yang Kinley Yangden ’21 Hiroaki Yoshida Janine Young ’21 Yuki Yu ’21 Liya Yussubaliyeva ’20 Marta Zawartko Cindy Zhang ’21 Yihan Zhang (Alexis) Zhang Yan Zhou Yaomin Sadia Zia Allison and Scott Ziemer Johann Zobrist Zouloumian Lida Zuidhoff ’21 Anonymous gifts made by 92 donors
Class Giving K1BRO, East Campus K1LJM, Dover Campus K1NAU, East Campus K1RCI, East Campus K1RRH, East Campus K1SEB, Dover Campus K2CEH, East Campus K2IPI, East Campus K2JSI, Dover Campus K2KOD, East Campus K2LJE, East Campus K2SAW, Dover Campus K2TSN, Dover Campus 1CLE, Dover Campus 1JEH, Dover Campus 1KRM, East Campus 1MAF, East Campus 1MLN, East Campus 1PTH, East Campus 1ZBR, Dover Campus 2BSC, Dover Campus 2CTH, East Campus 2LPN, East Campus 2MAW, East Campus 2SCL, Dover Campus 2SLM, East Campus 2TPU, Dover Campus 3CBU, Dover Campus 3CJH, East Campus 3CWI, Dover Campus 3DWN, East Campus 3JKE, East Campus 3LWH, East Campus 3NKU, Dover Campus 3RCO, East Campus
4DMA, Dover Campus 4JMS, East Campus 4JPA, East Campus 4JSM, East Campus 4KDU, East Campus 4LST, East Campus 4RWR, Dover Campus 4SZI, Dover Campus 4THA, East Campus 5LFI, Dover Campus 5MWH, Dover Campus Grade 6, Dover Campus
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FOUNDATION PARENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME UWCSEA’s Foundation Parent Ambassadors are a group of parent advocates who volunteer their time to support Foundation programmes and organise community engagement opportunities with our scholars and sustainability initiatives. Ambassadors increase awareness of the impact of giving to the College and encourage community members to donate to the UWCSEA Annual Fund. Sonali Adappa Shaleen Agrawal Saima Ahmed Rachna Amin Suvidha Balasubramanian Justin Baldauf Gaurav Bansal Hami Bianchi Rachel Blewitt Sarimah Bonehill Anna Bryant Jenny Carne Robin Carney Ana Carrera Maria Carvalho Laurence Clements Jackie Cragg Laura Dahan Clare Dally Nathalie De Spiegeleire Kate Digges Dini Djalal Priyanka Elhence Rohit Elhence Karin Esmaeili Francesca Gasparrini Melita Gerber
Geraldine Gibb Eleanor Great Victoria Great Stefanie Green Debbie Grignani Ranita Gupta Gisella Harrold Bettina Haupter Sujata Jain Rita Joseph Shirley Kan Jill Kaplan Suparna Kapoor Kiran Karunakaran Anjli Khurana Jung Ah Kim Harry Hakuei Kosato Yohanna Kurniady Josi Langhorne Vivek Lath Kate Laya Anna Layard Jasmine Liu Malene Lundgaard Rohit Manocha Micky Mathur Caroline McLaughlin
Lyndall Menon Gregory Mirabaud Smita Mitra Stephanie Monteith Mala Nalwa Roopa Narayanaswamy Lesley Olejnik-McBride Carys Owen Nimisha Pandey Neha Patel Ambika Pattnaik Rajul Priyadarshini Katarina Radosavljevic Jenifer Raver Cat Reynolds Suzannah Ritch Sonal Saraf Shikha Sarkar Silvia Schernthaner-Leitner Valentin Schillo Cyanthi Seneviratne Sona Shahdadpuri Malavika Shanker Sophia Shaw Michelle Shi-Verdaasdonk Mio Singh Sneha Somanath
Pamela Spreckley Seema Sutradhar Devika Tambe Nivedita Tanwar Marcela Tellez-Glover Inderjeet Thareja Simon Thomas Prity Tibrewal Alexandra Touchaud Rian van Alphen Diana Vancea Rashmi Vats Shelly Verma Marchien Vuijk Camilla Wallner Wang Wei Evelyn Wang Fang Jacyl Ware Tanya Watts Ben Wilson Chikako Yamawaki Echo Yang Yuhua Yang Rusan Bicuri Yazicioglu Brenda Yuan
KURT HAHN SOCIETY MEMBERS There is no greater legacy than an investment in young people that have the potential to make a difference in this world. In recognition of this, the Kurt Hahn Society was established to recognise individuals who intend to leave a legacy to the College and in doing so have affirmed their commitment to invest in the future of UWCSEA and future generations of students. Tui Britton ’98 Andy and Mei Budden
Iain and Tejas Ewing Dave and Sue Shepherd
Julian Whiteley
Names appear in alphabetical order, as per requested recognition name.
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“UWCSEA East Innovation programmes have allowed me to take my passion for making and apply it to the real world. I have made connections with industry experts and opportunities are opening up for me in entrepreneurship and design. I feel so much more confident about making an impact in the future.” REHAAN IRANI ’21, Design Technology student
“UWCSEA has brightened my future, helped me along the path of achieving my dreams and accomplishing my greatest goal–to help my country, my community and my people.” SAW WERA KYAW KYAW ’21, Scholar from Myanmar
“... the last two years here have changed me; I am now a courageous person who stands up for what is right.” CHRISTINE ATIENO ODUOR ’21, Scholar from Kenya
“Community engagement with the Scholarship Programme is vitally important because it helps to extend the UWC mission. It’s lovely for families to support and connect with scholars and the impact they make; these connections have a ripple effect throughout the UWCSEA community and beyond.” ELEANOR GREAT, Foundation Parent Ambassador
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2020/2021 Help UWCSEA to continue making an impact, delivering a mission aligned education that enables young leaders of the future to think boldly and innovatively to build a better world for us all.
Make your 2021/2022 gift today. www.uwcsea.edu.sg/support-us/make-a-gift-online
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