by lyons | Jun 20, 2017 | World Refugee Day 2017
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,...
by Philippa | Jun 20, 2017 | World Refugee Day 2017
Mathilda Ho is our first guest speaker of the day. She is the founder of Advocates for Refugees – Singapore, a Facebook group which also aims to bring awareness to the issue of refugees. She founded the group after speaking to a Rohingya person, asking what she...
by anya | Jun 20, 2017 | World Refugee Day 2017
Check out the Live Stream of our World Refugee Day Event!
by lyons | Jun 20, 2017 | World Refugee Day 2017
An integral part of this event is a live video taping we do. Students from Grades 1 to 11 record their messages throughout the day, communicating their empathy for the plight of these groups being forced to migrate by famine or violent conflict. The nature of these as...
by Philippa | Jun 20, 2017 | World Refugee Day 2017
As today is International Refugee Day, Voices for Refugees (a high school Focus Group) has an event from 8-4. There are several activities you can take part in: Watch the videos we are showing or listen to our speakers Sign the UNHCR petition Read books on refugees...
