"Through international education, shared experience and community service, United World Colleges enable young people to become responsible citizens, politically and environmentally aware, and committed to the ideals of peace and justice, understanding and co-operation through action and personal example."
-United World Colleges Movement Mission Statement

The founders of World at Play are graduates of Atlantic College, the 1st college in the United World College Movement. Atlantic College is an international community that aims to foster a sense of global interdependence and responsibility. It is a college that urges its students to be proactive, to look beyond, and to look with understanding and awareness.

Students that attended any UWC are expected to develop an understanding of current world events and common challenges such as global and regional conflict and insecurity, environmental degradation, inequality and their underlying issues. In addition, students are given opportunities to develop tools to become influential members of their communities in the future.

“It is our aim that every student leaves AC with an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen and equipped with the skills to be positive agents of change through their actions and life choices” – Atlantic College Website

World at Play is an expression of the United World College Movement. Our organisation looks beyond borders, beyond differences of race and religion, and reaches out to children using the universal language of Play.

"How can there be peace without people understanding
each other, and how can this be if they don't know each other?"

Lester B. Pearson,
- Former Canadian Prime Minister,
President of the UN General Assembly, and Nobel Laureate

Children, and adults alike, need attention. This is something we can all give, and this is something that we at World at Play are committed to giving.
Mike Emery, World at Play Founder

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