Affiliates – Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA

Affiliated Organisations

A foundation in South Africa, a trust in the UK and a 501c-3 charity in the US were established in support of the Waterford Kamhlaba. The Foundation in SA and the Trust in the UK are actively involved in networking and fundraising for the school.

Waterford Kamhlaba Foundation of South Africa

The Waterford Kamhlaba Foundation of South Africa (WKFSA) was established in 1962; a notable year in South Africa’s history for internal and international resistance campaigns against the country’s Apartheid legislation. It is against a backdrop of heightening political turmoil and oppressive control that the foundation endeavored to assist scholars to obtain an education appropriate to their needs without any restrictions whatsoever. At the time, such an objective could best be achieved at a school located outside of South Africa. The objectives of the Foundation, which are still relevant today, are to:

assist scholars to obtain a quality education
reward, encourage and train teachers as well as others involved in providing such an education
maintain, support and extend the educational facilities of the school.

In a post-apartheid era, Waterford has sustained its early vision to educate exceptional students regardless of race, religion or financial background. The Foundation has continued to support the school, believing that it plays a critical role in positively shaping the future of young South Africans, Africans and learners who attend Waterford from many other countries across the world.

The WKFSA comprises 10 Trustees, all from South Africa and all of whom are business, educational and social leaders in South Africa whose formative years started and were moulded by Waterford

Waterford Kamhlaba Foundation of South Africa

assist scholars to obtain a quality education
reward, encourage and train teachers as well as others involved in providing such an education
maintain, support and extend the educational facilities of the school.

The WKFSA comprises 10 Trustees, all from South Africa and all of whom are business, educational and social leaders in South Africa whose formative years started and were moulded by Waterford

The Foundation works together with the Waterford School Trust (UK), thus ensuring a global reach of our fundraising efforts. From the funds that the Foundation has raised over the years; and through the support of alumni, parents and friends of Waterford, new leaders have been developed, young minds have been enlightened, global opportunities have been unlocked, unique networks have been established across the world, great ideas have been exchanged and developed and social change has been enacted. We continually invite individuals, foundations and corporates to be part of this vision to grow young learners into responsible citizens of tomorrow.

The Waterford School Trust

The Waterford School Trust [“WST”] was established as a charity in the UK in 1962, a year before the school opened to is first students.

The Trust Deed gives the Trustees wide discretion – with its sole stated object being to promote and encourage education at Waterford School, including funding scholarships and the construction of buildings.

The original Trust Deed was signed by a progressive group of influential individuals, with detailed experience of the region, embracing members of the House of Lords, educationalists, lawyers and national administrators.

The four current trustees have direct experience of a Waterford education, and/or of the United World College movement, as students or volunteers and are delighted to provide ongoing support and encouragement to this vibrant school which played such an important developmental role in their own lives.

Mark Jennings (WK 78) Chair
Amanda West (WK 80) Secretary
Michael Jarvis (WK 70) Treasurer
Robert Creighton (UWC International Secretary 78-88)

Over £5 million has been raised from a wide variety of UK and European sources in the 21st Century to date. For the most part, this has been used to provide

scholarships for students who would not otherwise be able to benefit from this world-class educational opportunity and towards capital building projects.

American Friends of Waterford Kamhlaba

The American Friends of Waterford Kamhlaba is a US 501(c)3 that was established in 1986 by Dick and Enid Eyeington and their friends John King and Charlie McBride to raise funds for the College. Through the American Friends of WK, the College has received donations from supporters and friends who are mainly based in North America.

The names of the current board members of the American Friends of Waterford Kamhlaba are: