
We are delighted to be able
to share the news of our
exciting new scholarship
programme and partnership
with United World
Colleges (UWC). The Pestalozzi-UWC Scholarship Programme
launches autumn 2019 when
our first cohort of students
will be starting a two-year
International Baccalaureate
Diploma course at UWC
Atlantic College in the Vale
of Glamorgan (Wales, UK).
As we explored options to
continue our programme of
support for the
education of high
achieving low
income young
people, we asked
our current
students and
alumni what the
most important
elements of
their scholarship
were. The
overwhelming
response was that living in an
international community where
difference and diversity were
both welcome and embraced
was crucial. We also wanted the
new programme to encompass
Pestalozzi’s ethos of holistic
education for Head, Heart and
Hands. Our new partner meets
all of these criteria.
UWC is a global family of schools
and colleges with a powerful
difference. With a shared goal
of working towards global
peace and sustainability, they
bring together young people
from around the world to study
in one of their 18 schools on
four continents. We believe
that UWC’s mission "to make
education a force to unite people,
nations and cultures for peace
and a sustainable future” is so
closely aligned to Pestalozzi’s
own that our scholars will thrive
in their multi-faith, multi-cultural
community in the same way that
they have here in Sedlescombe.
UWC Atlantic College is a
residential facility, so all new
Pestalozzi students will live at St.
Donat’s Castle where currently
up to 90 different nationalities
are represented.
"We are proud to have joined
forces with a like-minded
partner like the Pestalozzi
International Foundation”, said
Jens Waltermann, Executive
Director at UWC International.
"The Pestalozzi-UWC Scholarship
Programme allows us to provide
more deserving young students
with access to high quality
education and help them gain the
skills that are needed to make
change happen in today’s world.
The Pestalozzi Programme evolves
We look forward to growing
this successful partnership and
empowering globally conscious
leaders to celebrate diversity and
build the bridges we so urgently
need today.”
One of UWC’s strengths is its
network of national committees
based in more than 155 countries
around the world, who promote
the UWC movement and select
students locally. From the outset
UWC were keen to work with us
to ensure that all of our selection
criteria could be met with final
selection decisions made by us.
Our initial focus will be on the
nine countries that we currently
select from, but UWC’s global
network means that, funding
permitting, we could support
young people
from almost any
developing country
in the world.
What will always
remain a constant
is that Pestalozzi
scholarships
provide students
with an opportunity
they would not
otherwise receive,
developing their potential and
knowledge to positively impact
the lives of many others. Your
support ensures our programme
is able to break the cycle of
intergenerational poverty
equipping these young people
to make a real and lasting
difference in the world.
To find out more about UWC visit
their website -
www.uwc.org
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