Cultivating a Community of Care
by Emily Innes
Through the Davis Projects for Peace Grant and a Fulbright ETA, Allie Stankewich ’23 is building relationships with the communities she serves in East Africa.
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Building a community seed bank in Kenya
College of the Atlantic’s Valentina Dereani ’27 is advancing the preservation of biodiversity while empowering small-scale farmers.
Two University of Richmond Students Receive Projects for Peace Grants for Work in Armenia and Taiwan
Students ran a STEM Camp for refugees and promoted environmental peace.
W&L Outcomes: Allie Stankewich
Allie Stankewich, a member of the 2023 Projects for Peace cohort from Washington & Lee, talks about her implementation experience, future plans, and how her time at W&L has shaped her.
University of Richmond Students Address Human-Wildlife Interaction and Human Trafficking
Two University of Richmond seniors—Ngan Bui and Elspeth Collard—have Projects for Peace grants. They will focus on human trafficking and human-wildlife interaction.
Community Engagement is a Marathon for St. Olaf Alumnus
by Moyo Akinola
After completing a Project for Peace as an undergraduate at St. Olaf College, Duy Ha has continued his community engagement work in his native Vietnam.
Projects for Peace Grantees Focus on Environmental Education
College of the Atlantic’s Mauro José Ramírez Azofeifa co-founded Visionarios de Paz, an environmental education organization based in his hometown of Palmichal, Costa Rica with his $10,000 Projects for Peace grant. Read all about him and his work!
Bowdoin Grantees Prove the Power of Taking Action
The two most recent Bowdoin recipients of Projects for Peace grants made progress this summer on the issues they’re committed to solving: addressing environmental threats in Serbia and ending the practice of female genital mutilation.
Projects for Peace Alum Combats Flooding in Pakistan
by Anmol Irfan
Projects for Peace and Williams College alum Hamza Farrukh has continued the work he started in 2014 to help Pakistanis impacted by flooding access clean drinking water.