A Light for Sri Lankan [Sri Lanka]

The Light for Sri Lankan Education GC was set up to enhance the lives of the Sri Lankan people and assist in alleviating poverty. The GC has been active in raising funds as well as awareness within the UWCSEA community. Though education is the main thrust of the Light for Sri Lankan Education, the organisation also provides health, shelter, food and clothing for the poorest of the poor in Sri Lanka. We meet every Monday at 1pm in Room 68. 

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For further information, please contact our GC at srilankaneducation@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Bombay Leprosy [Bombay, India]

To raise awareness about leprosy and to help lepers.

For further information, please contact our GC at bombayleprosy@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Cancer Patients' Aid Association Global Concern

Cancer Patients' Aid Association Global Concern (CPAA GC) adopts the Cancer Patient's Aid Association in Mumbai, India; a non-governmental organisation that helps towards the total management of cancer - this includes spreading awareness, early detection and providing complete assistance to cancer patients. CPAA takes a holistic approach to cancer treatment, not limiting to the medical side, they also help patients withstand the psychological, economic and social effects that the disease has. The organisation is made up of 60 doctors, 60 employees and has a strong need for funding to help their patients. CPAA has centres in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. We meet Fridays at 1.10 at 2S7.

For further information, please contact our GC at cpaaglobalconcern@uwcsea.edu.sg.

To view CPAA website, click here.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Catalyst

Drug-Free Indonesia (DFI) 

Drug-Free Indonesia (DFI) is a new Global Concern which strives to prevent drug abuse among Indonesian youths. A study claims that one in every ten Indonesian households have experienced some kind of problem with drugs in their family and in their local community, which is possibly due to the fact that drug education is not available in many of the schools in Indonesia. DFI strives to prevent drug abuse in Indonesian youths through education and awareness programs targeted at children and teenagers. 

For further information, please contact our GC at drugfreeindonesia@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Kalahari [South Africa]

Kalahari GC works in collaboration with schools from around the world committed to enhancing and sustaining the education of the people in the Moshaweng Valley of South Africa, as well as aiming to provide the students with a raised quality of life. Our mission is to work together with educators and local communities to inspire, motivate and empower students to reach their full potential, through providing the provision of necessary resources and support. We meet every Wednesday at 9.50am in Room 71.

For further information, please contact our GC at kalahari@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Korean [Suwon, South Korea]

To support cancer children in Korea with health and education.

Every day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer. One in 330 children will develop cancer before the age of twenty. Treatment can cost about S$30,000. Unfortunately, there are many children like this in Korea. These children can be cured with constant treatment. These children do not get sufficient education due to long hospital admissions. Therefore, Korea Fights Cancer aims to help these children with health and education. We meet every Monday at 1:00 pm in Room 56.

For further information, please contact our GC at korean@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Lamdon [Ladakh, India]

To support students of the Landom School of Leh.Lamdon School in Ladakh aims to promote Ladakhi culture and provide quality education for the local community. UWCSEA has been assisting the school to do this since 1990. Children from poor families are sponsored to attend Lamdon School by members of the UWC community and funds raised in the past have assisted with buildings, purchase of computers, educational materials and an ambulance. The current initiative at Lamdon School is to build and staff a dental clinic to serve the community. This is likely to involve a Ladakhi student studying as a dental technician in Singapore. 

For further information, please contact our GC at ladakh@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2008-2009 Business Plan.

Lavalla [Phnom Penh, Cambodia]

To support the LaValla School for disabled children.

Lavalla is a school near Phnom Penh in Cambodia for children with physical disabilities. An Australian Maris Brother, Terry Heinrich, is currently the organiser of the school. At the moment, there are about 90 students at the school, all ranging between 10 to 19 years of age, with a number of them being boarders too.

The Aim
The school is meant to give the children some chance of a worthwhile future by providing primary education and the opportunity to sit the competitive secondary school examinations.

Who are the Students?
Amongst the children are amputees as well as, victims of landmines, polio, mild cerebral palsy or inadequate medicine. Most of these children would have been without any social security, and forced to be dependant upon their family or reduced to begging in the streets. However, Lavalla School offered a sanctuary for them, offering them opportunities they deserve.

Lavalla Global Concerns Group
The Global Concerns group in UWCSEA is committed to supporting Lavalla School in helping these students lead a better life. Each year a group of grade 11 students from UWCSEA spends a few days working at Lavalla during project week. They hand deliver collections of clothing and other items arranged by the Lavalla Global Concerns Group. 

For further information, please contact our GC at lavalla@uwcsea.edu.sg, lavallagc@uwcsea.edu.sg, lavallagc@gmail.com, rmi@uwcsea.edu.sg

Link [Kathmandu, Nepal]

Link GC aims to provide support for Shree Mangal Dvip School (SMD) in Kathmandu which is a school for Himalayan kids. The SMD school offers education, housing, medical and dental care to hundreds of mountain kids and aim to preserve the culture, language and the Buddhist way of life of the Himalayas, and to give Himalayan children the tools to build a better future, so they can help their own people when they grow up.

For further information, please contact our GC at link@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Pakistan [Pakistan]

Pakistan Global Concern is devoted to the motto of SIUT, the organization they support: We don't let them die just because they can't afford to live. SIUT provides free kidney transplants dialysis and other vital health care support to those in Pakistan that can't afford it. Last year their patient count exceeded 500,000 people and has been increasing at a steady rate for many years.  We at PGC are committed to helping them help these people.

For further information, please contact our GC at pakistan@uwcsea.edu.sg. 

Pinoy [Philippines]

Pinoy GC is setting its sights on eradicating poverty in the Philippines. Previously known as Ayala Philippines Educational Sciences GC (APES GC), Pinoy now consists of two projects: APES and Gawad Kalinga, one of the biggest grassroots organisations in the Philippines. Both groups do not help purely through aid, but aim to solve the issue of poverty by focusing on teaching those in need about the importance of sustainability. We meet in Room 11 on Fridays at 1:10 pm.

For further information, please contact us at pinoy@uwcsea.edu.sg.

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

Promoting Asian Literacy (PAL) [Sabah, Malaysia]

Promoting Asian Literacy is a Global Concerns group of students who strive to provide basic education to those underprivileged children who do not have access to educational resources. We aim to facilitate their education through providing books, providing stationary and building hostels and libraries. In addition, we always try to go and teach them at the schools. Our past projects have included refurbishing a run-down hostel in order to house eighty students in Malaysia.

For further information, please contact our GC at pal@uwcsea.edu.sg. 

Shilpa [Kerala, India]

The Shilpa GC supports a mentally handicapped school called Shilpa Special School, located in Southern India. The school was started in 1996 by Dr. Premila, in memory of her mentally challenged daughter, Shilpa, and has now almost 200 students. The GC’s long-term goal is to help the school expand, by funding the cost of another building, allowing it to provide more mentally handicapped children with education and skills to face the world in their years ahead. The school is also running short of equipment and, as a short-term goal, the GC would like to donate unused equipment from UWC to them. Meetings are every Monday at 1:05 pm in 2S7, with Mr. Merchant.

For further information, please contact our GC at shilpa@uwcsea.edu.sg

Please click here to view the 2007-2008 Summary Report.

SEAWater [Swaziland]

For further information, please contact our GC at seawater@uwcsea.edu.sg 

Vietnam Hope (OGCDC) offers support to children and their families living in central Vietnam and the Highlands. The aim is to fund operations for children with congenital abnormalities; to provide rehabilitation for those children who struggle to be mobile and to provide education and assist with communication needs for the deaf and blind. As a project, it is extremely effective having defined objectives and making a difference to the lives of individuals and the community at large. Meetings are held every Tuesday in room 3LS6 at 11.45am.

For further information, please contact our GC at vietnamhope@uwcsea.edu.sg.