King’s Academy junior Omar Zaatreh ’18 was the recipient last week of three Catalyst Conference awards for his project “The Refugee Crisis: Domes of Hope” which he developed for his Global Online Academy (GOA) Architecture course.
Zaatreh’s project was selected from more than 300 projects submitted by students from around 64 GOA member schools worldwide.
The Catalyst Conference is a global, online event for students in the GOA consortium to share projects designed to spark change in their communities. Each presentation is the culmination of a capstone project that asked students to transform learning from their courses into research-based solutions for real-world issues. Zaatreh was the only student to win three awards for his project: The Catalyst for Change Prize, the Audience Awardand a Global Online Academy Citation.
In his project “The Refugee Crisis: Domes of Hope,” Zaatreh tackled the challenge of providing housing for Jordan’s ballooning refugee population. His research was inspired by a visit last year to Zaatari Refugee Camp which resulted in him wanting to help refugees overcome their difficult living conditions.
READ MORE @ King's News Page
Comments