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Podcast: Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship
Episode: CEO of United World Schools, Tim Howarth, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss strategic exit planning, transitioning schools to local education authorities and expansion into new geographic regions
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UWS is an educational NGO, based in the UK, with an international approach and a presence in Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal.Â
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Through education, UWS transforms the lives of some of the poorest children in the world who would otherwise have no access to education. They work with local communities to build and nurture schools and, then, to transition these schools into the government system.Â
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They have launched 226 schools and learning sites in Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal. Each school typically serves 150 children.Â
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UWS looks to build schools...