To all the GWA community, I know that this is not the way that I had hoped my time at GWA would end but certain things are beyond our control. I want to thank everyone who has sent me wonderful emails. The sentiments are amazing. I have not been able to answer them all but if you did send one - thank you! |
This month we have been holding a series of “Wellness Wednesdays” – an initiative of our Counseling Team. These have previously been happening each Wednesday for our staff. This has been a series of wellness talks which have been offered by prominent experts in the fields of motivation, resilience, mindfulness and well-being. These have occur throughout May and have been open to Parents as well as Staff. Our final speaker will be Omar Samra, on Wednesday, 27th May at 1:45pm. We hope to see you there. Omar Samra is an entrepreneur, adventurer, future astronaut, and motivational speaker. He’s the first Egyptian to summit Everest, the 7 Summits and ski to both the North and South Pole. In 2009, following a career in Banking and Investing, Omar founded Wild Guanabana, one of the region’s leading adventure travel companies where he still serves as CEO. Subsequently Omar founded a handful of initiatives in the education, environment, and adventure space, as well as a children’s charity in his late wife’s honour. Omar is an Astronaut Candidate with PoSSUM, having undergone various space trainings and served as Vice-Commander of Lunares 3, a 15-day moon-analogue mission conducting research on lunar habitability. In 2017, Omar made three first ascents of Antarctica mountains and named them. He rowed 1000km across the Atlantic Ocean before capsizing in a storm. His survival story, which also sheds light on the plight of refugees crossing dangerous seas, was made into a documentary that screened at the Cannes, El Gouna Film, Cairo and Berlin Festivals to wide acclaim. Omar is a former Goodwill Ambassador to the UNDP and an honorary ambassador to Nepal. Please click the link below on Wednesday afternoon to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84403239100?pwd=ZlVWUzdMUjNNOW4vaDZ2MGd4ZzJhQT09 Password: 2Wjre1 If you have missed any of our other speakers, please find the recordings below.
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