Corrin Varady

Corrin Varady PhD is an academic, journalist and entrepreneur[1] who has also modelled extensively[2] for international fashion publications. As a high achieving Australian, Varady has been chosen as a 2011 Australia Day Ambassador.

He has finished two masters (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi/University of New South Wales and the London School of Economics) with First Class Honours and completed his PhD at the London School of Economics. In 2010, Varady began writing a column for the Huffington Post, USA.[3] Corrin currently lives between Beirut, London and the African Great Lakes region.

Career

A decade ago Corrin volunteered to teach HIV orphaned and disadvantaged children in the African Great Lakes region (Tanzania and Uganda). Corrin founded the World Youth Education Trust (WYET), registered in the United Kingdom, Tanzania and Australia to educate students and former child soldiers. WYET supports over 600 children per year.[4] Corrin established one of the first trauma counselling centres for former child soldiers in the Otuke District, a boarding house for over 200 students, the establishment of the WYET Football league for female former child soldiers as well as personally providing hundreds of sponsorships for students in school. The WYET Mwalimu Anna Primary School in Tanzania has been ranked 1st in the region in 2013 and 2014. WYET is currently building a fully digital, gifted and talented school in Northern Tanzania for 1000 students to open in 2015.

In 2013, Corrin established The Institute of Digital Education Africa (IDEA), a for-profit social enterprise to create and deliver STEM fields digital education content to secondary students in sub-Saharan Africa. IDEA will launch in 2015 with over 300 topics for secondary school students in South and East Africa. The IDEA team is currently creating self-paced, personalised, interactive digital content. The content is being written and developed by a team of international educators and teachers, focussing on bringing technology and STEM programs to low income, low opportunity communities in Africa.

Corrin produced the international feature documentary, "The Road to Freedom Peak",[5] a journey between himself and a former child soldier as they ride their bicycles across three countries in the African Great Lakes region.[6] The film was directed by filmmaker Max Pugh.[7] The film was received with critical acclaim and first aired in Australia on Foxtel on 10 March 2014.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Varady, Corrin. "The world that speaks but doesn't hear", The Huffington Post, 25 October 2010
  2. ↑ Chadwick Models, Australia
  3. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/corrin-varady
  4. ↑ WYET
  5. ↑ http://www.biochannel.com.au/shows/road-freedom-peak/
  6. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/two-of-us-20140217-32uoq.html
  7. ↑ Road to Freedom Peak
  8. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/pay-tv-show-of-the-week-the-road-to-freedom-peak-20140226-33g9k.html

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