Program Details
Abaarso Tech
Enrichment & Access
Worcester Academy
Worcester Academy has a partnership with Abaarso Tech, a school located in Somaliland, in the Horn of Africa. Abaarso Tech was founded by Worcester Academy alumnus and former investment banker executive Jonathan Starr ’94 as an innovative way to address poverty and development issues in the region. Worcester Academy, with additional support from its donors, sponsors one student each year to attend school at WA. The school has similarly sponsored students from Haiti in years past. Worcester Academy maintains additional sister school/exchange relationships & partnerships with the Haderslev Katedralskole in Denmark, and a primary school in Pinghu city in Zhejiang, China, among others.