Announcing the 2024 Projects for Peace Cohort
Projects for Peace is pleased to announce its 2024 grantee cohort. It is made up of 129 projects nominated by 94 partner institutions.
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GW Senior Fights against Gender-Based Discrimination in Puerto Rico
Criminal justice major Helena Betancourt champions Projects for Peace reducing period poverty on her home island.
Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women
Over summer 2023, UNC Chapel Hill students Divya Patel and Grace May partnered with the Refugee Community Partnership to provide art therapy and community building opportunities for the local Afghan refugee population.
Two Recent University of Richmond Graduates Complete Projects for Peace
This summer, two recent University of Richmond graduates completed Projects for Peace. Ngan Bui, helped to educate Cambodian communities to fight human trafficking, while Richmond Scholar Elspeth Collard, worked to install Predator Peace Lights in the Maasai region of Kenya.
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.