Sabastian Abelezele (Ghana, UWCD’16) and Marcos dos Santos (Brazil, UWCD’16) are first-generation graduates. Their friendship endured, despite both of them trying their hand on each other as barbers! In the picture Saba is cutting Marcos's hair for the first time (Dilijan, 2015) and Marcos returning the favour 8 years later (Atlanta, US, 2023). It helped that Saba and Marcos attended the same educational institutions over a nine-year period as the evidence shows.
Maisie Frost (UK, UWCD’24) is currently spending her gap year exploring the world after receiving a full funding p as a Baret Scholar. Through travel and practical work, including living and working on a farm in Spain, she is gaining real-world skills and perspectives.
After years of leading the development of UWC Dilijan and serving as Chair of the Board since the establishment of the Dilijan International School of Armenia Foundation (DISA) in 2012, Co-Founder Veronika Zonabend has resigned from her role as Chair.
Jonas Borgemeister (Germany, UWCD'26)
"Meeting so many people from so many different parts of the world.” The key goal, he emphasizes, is intercultural understanding. Everyone learns “through the personal background each of us brings.” It was only at UWC Armenia that Jonas truly realized “how valuable it is that we’re all different. I never saw it that clearly before.”
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