UWC East Africa

The school engages students in socio-emotional development through a Life Skills curriculum, a mentoring program, and residential care staff. It maintains a wellbeing initiative to support health and well-being across the community. It collaborates with the Association of International Schools in Africa to review and refine social-emotional provisions. Pastoral care is a component of the support system, with ongoing staff professional development. Counseling is available on both campuses for students seeking personal or social support.

The Learning Support (LS) programme provides for students with mild to moderate learning difficulties and academically very able students, with the aim of enabling participation in mainstream classes. The type of support may include in-class assistance, withdrawal from class, or assistance outside regular tuition hours depending on needs. Admission is offered only when an appropriate educational programme can be provided, and the costs of additional personnel or resources may be recovered directly from parents. The LS teacher, working with the Head of Campus and Heads of Primary and Secondary, establishes procedures and criteria for identifying needs and assessing students receiving LS help.

The school provides specialist English Language Support with in-house ESL teachers in both the primary and secondary. A new student may need an intensive course in English, while others with existing proficiency join mainstream classes with ESL support as they progress. The ESL program aims to enable students to become independent and confident listeners, speakers, readers and writers in English and to participate fully in the school's academic programmes. Initially a student may spend some lesson time working in a small group with the ESL teacher and will gradually re-join regular classes, with the ESL teacher continuing to support and advise both the student and teachers.

The Health Centre on each campus provides a counsellor for personal or social matters, with confidentiality as standard. The wellbeing initiative supports the health and socio-emotional development of all community members, including Life Skills, mentoring, and residential care staff, with ongoing professional development for staff. If you have concerns, counseling staff can be contacted on each campus.

UWC East Africa provides a safe, collaborative and caring environment, with protecting the physical and mental health of all students as the highest priority and shared responsibility across campus. The UWC International Statement commits to wellbeing and safety and to protecting the rights of the child under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with alignment to Tanzanian child protection regulations. Educators have a professional obligation to identify and address situations of abuse or neglect and to ensure appropriate services are accessed. All staff must report suspected incidents of abuse or neglect in accordance with policy, and cases may be reported to employers, local authorities or home-country authorities as applicable. The Safeguarding Policy is available to view, and UWCEA remains aligned with the UWC Common Standards for Safeguarding; safeguarding contacts are listed for Moshi and Arusha campuses.