We are grateful to Marianna Khachatryan & Grigori Zakaryan of Dilijazz Hotel, and to Bakur & Gayane Melkonyan of ArtLunch for supporting the TedXYouth event this year. We are also grateful to Melante for their significant in-kind support.
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.”
Alice, a lifelong educator with an illustrious career in district schools across several California counties, is a member of the UWCD Board and, together with her husband, participates actively in the school activities and supports a scholarship for an Armenian student.
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