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.
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Recent Graduate Launched Thriving Nonprofit in Home Country of Tanzania During Sophomore Year at Westminster
Swai was the recipient of a Projects for Peace award in both 2022 and 2023, which she used to help provide school lunches for children in her home country of Tanzania.
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.
Alumni Award Winner Joseph Kaifala Speaks on Conflict Transformation
As part of Middlebury College’s recent “Summer Convening on Experiential Learning and Conflict Transformation,” inaugural Projects for Peace Alumni Award winner Joseph Kaifala visited campus.
Yale University Global Affairs Students Work Toward Peace
by Yale Jackson
Lucy Calcott and Rolando Kattan Rubi will spend this summer in South Africa and Honduras, respectively, implementing projects that address critical societal issues.
College of the Atlantic Students Mounts Refugee Support Project
by Anara Katz
Alejandra Morales Torres will utilize her grant to improve the lives of migrant children in her hometown of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Wartburg College Student to Carry Out Menstrual Health Clinic
Junior Rabecca Ndhlovu, a Davis United World College Scholar from Zambia, hopes her effort will help reduce period poverty, which is defined as inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education.
Connecticut College Grantee Focuses on Educational Community
Inspired by her lived experience, Olha Vasyliv will enact educational workshops for refugee children in Ukraine and Austria.
Colorado College Grads Plan Art Workshops
Friends and collaborators Cormac McCrimmon, Andres Madrigal, and Manuel Uribe will use their grant to focus on the power of art to enact social change.