Waterford Kamhlaba
| Waterford Kamhlaba United World College | |
|---|---|
UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
|
|
| Location | |
Mbabane, Swaziland Swaziland
|
|
| Information | |
| Type | International Baccalaureate school, IGCSE, private |
| Established | 1963 |
| Number of students | 600 |
| Affiliation | United World College |
| Information | +268 4220866/7/8 admissions@waterford.sz |
| Website | http://www.waterford.sz |
Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA) is one of sixteen international UWC schools and colleges and is located in Mbabane, Swaziland.
UWC originated in the ideas of the educationalist Kurt Hahn in the 1950s and the first UWC, Atlantic College, opened in Wales in 1962. Waterford Kamhlaba was established one year later by Michael Stern, in 1963. The school's mission was similar to the philosophy of the international movement, and Waterford became the fourth United World College in 1981.
Waterford was founded by a group of teachers, led by the young British teacher Michael Stern, as a multi-racial school in opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies. Stern had previously been head of a school in Johannesburg, but the educational policies of the apartheid government in South Africa drove him from the country to Swaziland where he was determined to create a new school in which students of all races could study together and cooperate in community service.
The school was founded in 1963. Land on a hillside near Mbabane had been obtained through a grant from the King of Swaziland, and the main buildings were designed by Portuguese/Mozambiquean architect Amâncio d'Alpoim Miranda Guedes.
Stern and his school became a southern African legend. Nelson Mandela, still in prison, sent his daughters there. Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana, sent his son Ian, who is now the fourth president; the Tutu and Sisulu families also sent their children. Another Waterford boy, Fernando Honwana, became a trusted assistant to Samora Machel of Mozambique, helping him to act as go-between in negotiations between Margaret Thatcher’s administration and the emerging African government in Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe.
...
Wikipedia