Meet a selection of Horizon scholars and hear their personal stories about their educational journeys so far.

Meet Mohamad, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, who received a Horizon scholarship to attend UWC Atlantic in the UK (2017-2019). Mohamad is now doing a PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Delaware in the United States.

Meet Rania, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, who received a Horizon scholarship to attend UWC Thailand (2020-2022). Rania is now pursuing undergraduate studies in the United States.

At the Horizon gathering in Maastricht in November 2019, scholars old and new, explain what their Horizon scholarships mean to them.

Mai was awarded a Horizon scholarship to attend UWC Atlantic in the UK (2007-2009). She was also the first scholar to receive Horizon Seed Funding for a community project in Palestine.

 

Follow Mohamad’s transformative journey from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to Eton College in the UK (2010-2012) in this Al-Jazeera documentary from 2018.

 

Horizon supported Tsethar, a Tibetan living in exile, to complete his high school studies at UWC USA (2017-2019). He is currently studying at the University of Richmond.