A central focus for this ‘World Refugee Day’ is considering the action we can take to improve the conditions of refugees and help in remedying the number of human rights refugees. The question remains, what is UWC as a movement doing about it? As of now, 5% of current UWC IB scholarship students come from refugee backgrounds or from groups of people forcibly displaced. 100 scholars each year = $7.5 million per year.
The UWCSEA Kay Everett Scholarship Fund – Kay, class of ’91 was a humanitarian lawyer who dedicated her career to supporting refugees and individuals of stateless status.
While Singapore’s UWCs cannot currently accept scholars of refugee status (even with a permanent residence status in another country, ex. Germany), the UWC movement as a whole is still doing a significant amount for these refugees in providing opportunities around the world taking pride in affirmative action.
