On a white background, a yellow dove logo flaps above the text "Projects for Peace" in large, dark, blue letters. Underneath that text, in much smaller, light, blue letters is written "The Vision of Kathryn W. Davis."

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.

The student leaders of each project receive $10,000 in funds to pursue innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues. Most projects will be implemented between June and September this year.

Applicants are encouraged to pursue projects that respond to community needs and make the most of their skills and interests. This year, almost half of the grantees will address issues related to health and well-being. Other common areas regard the quality of and access to education, youth development, environmental issues, and protecting human rights.

Grantees develop and implement a wide range of interventions to address their prioritized issues. These include co-facilitating educational enrichment or skills development activities, securing educational materials and equipment, leading outreach and information campaigns, supporting infrastructure development, and using art and design to bring people together. 

Since its founding in 2007, Projects for Peace has funded more than 2,200 projects. Projects are nominated by partner colleges and universities, often working from criteria specific to their institution’s priorities.

Projects may take place anywhere in the world and may be led by an individual or by a group of students. Projects for Peace will take place this summer in 69 countries and 14 U.S. states. 

Projects for Peace was founded by Kathryn W. Davis, who celebrated her 100th birthday by supporting 100 Projects for Peace, designed “to bring about a mindset of preparing for peace, instead of preparing for war.” 

Below, please find a complete list of the nominating institutions, project titles, and project locations. Join us in congratulating the remarkable student leaders who have chosen to commit their summer to the cause of peace. See the Project Archive and the Reading Room to read about these and other Projects for Peace.

2024 Projects for Peace

(*) indicates support from the Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation at Middlebury

Partner Institution Project Title Project Location

Amherst College

Peace through Entrepreneurship among Women Internally Displaced by the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon

Cameroon

Bard College

Creative Play in Malaysia

Malaysia

Bard College

Musical Mentorship Initiative Kenya

Kenya

Bates College

Amelioration of Life: Threatening Dengue in the Slums of Dhaka

Bangladesh

Bennington College

Field of Dreams: Equal Play, Equal Dreams at Adey Meshelsh Primary School

Ethiopia

Bowdoin College

The Future is Bright - Empowering Tibetan Refugees to Thrive Through Personal Development

India

Brandeis University

TIMBUKTÚ: Empowering Afrocolombian educational communities through diasporic language learning in Cali, Colombia

Colombia

Brown University

The Rafiki Initiative: “Conversations save lives”

Kenya

Bryn Mawr College

Records of Resistance: Publicizing & Archiving Youth Activism

United States

Bucknell University

Ikusasa ~ Into the Future Through Entrepreneurship

Zimbabwe

Carleton College

Using Place-Based Art to Build Supportive Community in Rural Illinois

United States

Case Western Reserve University

Project kO-Kreate – Establishing a computer, design and innovation center in Tanzania

Tanzania

Claremont McKenna College

The Homefree Project

United States

Clark University

A brighter future for Central Mexico: a Youth-Centered Film Project

Mexico

Colby College

Digital Kisan (Farmer)

Nepal

Colgate University

Peacebuilding Through Cultural Heritage Protection Assessment

Mexico

College of Idaho

Colaborando con Parteras: The Importance of Midwives and Recording of Indigenous Knowledge

Mexico

College of the Atlantic

Mbegu Kwa Jamii: a Community Seed Bank for resilience and empowerment of Kenyan food systems

Kenya

Colorado College

Forging for Peace: Weapons into Plowshares through Community-Based Art in O’ahu, Hawai’i

United States

Columbia University

Roots of Resilience Project: Health in Rio Grande’s Agricultural Migrant Communities

United States

Concordia College

Providing Water to Tweh Farm Community

Liberia

Connecticut College

Ceramix for Peace - Hand-building a Future

Israel/Palestine

Cornell University

Afropreneur Foundation

Ghana

Dartmouth College

Digitizing the Aja Language: Preserving Cultural Heritage in Benin Republic

Benin Republic

Dartmouth College

Teach-to-Teach Vanasisi: Empowering female high school dropouts with cosmetic craftsmanship for social transformation

Zimbabwe

Davidson College

Chepang Women Empowerment

Nepal

Denison University

Nuevos Comienzos: Harmonia de Maternidad (New Beginnings: Harmony of Motherhood)

United States

Earlham College

Kama Campaign- Peacebuilding Through Community Waste Management

Ghana

Franklin & Marshall College

Empowering Child Abuse Survivors through Art_ Fostering Creativity, Healing Trauma, and Developing Skills

Azerbaijan

Future Generations University

Building Peace Through Youth Poverty Alleviation in Mugongo County, Burundi

Burundi

George Washington University

Not Just A Number

Multiple: Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Romania

Georgetown University

NextGen Leaders

India

Georgetown University

Seeds of Hope

Egypt 

Gettysburg College

Building Transnational Feminist Solidarity and Linguistic Equity through English Teaching

Morocco

Graduate Institute of International Studies/Geneva

Jogue Alta, Sohne Grande: Sports as a tool for social integration and women’s empowerment in marginalized communities of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazil

Grinnell College

Transcend: a comprehensive intervention plan

Pakistan

Hamilton College

Hooys: Planting Seeds of Hope in Artsakh Youth

Armenia

Harvard College

From Koshari to Kunafa: Food as Peacebuilding, Political Education, and Healing

Egypt

Hood College

Peace Hubs (School Clubs and Mini-Library Section with Peace Resources) in Tanzania

Tanzania

International Christian University

Keep Her in School with a Reusable Sanitary Pad (*)

Uganda

International House

‘EcoMarch’ for Peace

India

International House

Borders and Binaries

Multiple: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland

International House

Breaking Chains, Weaving Hopes, and Building Bridges: Drama Therapy for Peace

United States

International House

Building Peace Through Digital Empowerment in Anambra State, Nigeria

Nigeria

International House

Building Resilient Communities in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence

Nepal

International House

Clean Water for Communal Health, Sanitation, and Peace: A Pilot Project for Villages Impacted by Lack of Drinkable Water In South-Eastern Nigeria

Nigeria

International House

Climathon Kano: Climate Conflict Mitigation for Sustainable Peacebuilding in Nigeria

Nigeria

International House

Community Networks Against Gender Discrimination in Southeast Turkey

Turkey

International House

Comuna 13: Documenting Hope, Strength, and Social Change in the Colombian Capital of Hip-Hop

Colombia

International House

Creating Critical Discussions of Peace Through Literature: ‘Boy Blue’ Novel Completion

Multiple: The Bahamas, Jamaica, Colombia

International House

Creating Safe Spaces for Student Victims of Gang Violence in Brazil

Brazil

International House

Digital Kala - Empowering Underprivileged Young Women through Digital Literacy

Nepal

International House

Educating Vietnamese Community to end Gender-Based Violence

Vietnam

International House

Harmony Through Art: Empowering Afghan Students’ Journey in the US

United States

International House

Kawaii: Examining the Impact of Japanese Cute Culture

Japan

International House

Nurturing Freedom in Cuba

Cuba

International House

Peace Through Economic Empowerment: Training for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Tigray

Ethiopia

International House

PeacePlatform Initiative: Cultivating dialogue between young leaders from Azerbaijan and Armenia

United States

International House

Proyecto 2E: Breaking Violent Areas with EmpowerEd students

Colombia

International House

The 59th Street Garden: A Community Approach for Solving Neighborhood Crime

United States

Kalamazoo College

Dignity for Antifogasta

Chile

Lake Forest College

Restoring Reefs, Reviving Hope: Empowering American Samoan Communities Through Coral Restoration

American Samoa

Lehigh University

Eggsploring Potential: Bududa’s Nourishing Path to Peace

Uganda

Lewis & Clark College

Better Health for Internally Displaced Burkinabé

Burkina Faso

Luther College

Empowering Youth Against Cybercrimes in Nigeria

Nigeria

Luther College

United Gifted Young Women Fights Against Abelism

Democratic Republic of Congo

Macalester College

Expanding Peace in the Latine Community through Financial Inclusion

United States

Macalester College

Music For Peace

Cameroon

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Democratizing Access to Computer Science for Nigerian Secondary School Students

Nigeria

Methodist University

Education Without Limits

Virtual

Methodist University

Establishment of First Aid Ambassadors in Ten Secondary Schools

Liberia

Middlebury College

Jakarta Youth Climate Leadership Camp

Indonesia

Middlebury College

Nabad - Mandera Peace and Education Initiative (*)

Kenya

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Peacebuilding in the Language Classroom: Combining Peace and Pedagogy

Multiple: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia

Mount Holyoke College

Bridges of Knowledge: Connecting Cultures through Higher Education

Romania

New York University

Toilets for Transformation

Nepal

Northwestern University

Empowering Pakistan’s Transgender Community Against HIV

Pakistan

Oberlin College

AI for Albinism: Pioneering Regular Skin Screening and Care

Zimbabwe

Oberlin College

DzidzAI: Harnessing AI for Improved Learning Experiences in Low Income Communities

Zimbabwe

Occidental College

Seeds of Equity: Empowering Young Girls in Ablekuma ThroughTechnological Access and STEM Promotion

Ghana

Pitzer College

Reclaiming Afroecology: Indigenous Technology & Food Sovereignty

Ghana

Pitzer College

The Mama Ceiba Peace Project

Dominican Republic

Pomona College

Hygieiora: “Fostering Inner Peace through alleviating Mental Health Support Barriers in Ghana”

Ghana

Princeton University

Imag(in)e

United States

Queens University of Charlotte

Empowering the Voice of Migrants

Guatemala

Randolph-Macon College

Promoting Reading and Education in Liberian Elementary Students

Liberia

Reed College

Empowering Minds: Fostering Computer Literacy for School Children in Rural Ghana. “FABI-TECH”

Ghana

Ringling College of Art + Design

The Lekelela Initiative Barberton Student Neurodiversity Support Program

South Africa

Sarah Lawrence College

Wandering River: A Living Archive of the Río Pilmaiquen

Chile

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Celestial Rhythms: Connecting Generations through Chechen Dance and Culture

Jordan

Scripps College

Human-Centered Design for Human Rights

Multiple: United States, India, Germany

Skidmore College

Reviving Rust

Cambodia

Smith College

Project Peace In, Peace Out Alameda County

United States

St. John’s College

Svet Summer Seminar Program: Toward a Lasting Peace in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine

Virtual

St. Lawrence University

GreenNet Organic Center Sustainable Agro-Resiliency: Enhancing the Food Security in Mae Tha

Thailand

St. Olaf College

Young artists for change: Arts education for Armenian Children

Armenia

Swarthmore College

Building Sustainable Futures: Eco-Apprenticeships for Senegalese Youth

Senegal

Swarthmore College

Combatting Stunting in Indonesia through Connecting Rural and Urban Populations

Indonesia

Trinity College

The Water for Peace Project: Bringing Rugombo’s vulnerable community members together to rehabilitate water boreholes

Burundi

Tufts University

Playing for Peace: Girls Achieve at Squash Dreamers Summer Program

Jordan

Tufts University

Tying the Knot Between WASH and OneHealth: A Holistic Approach to Peacebuilding in Rwanda

Rwanda

Union College

Maternal Health Education and Resources

Ghana

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Promoting the Establishment of Biorefineries: Development of a Waste Valorization Methodology for the Renewable Energy Industry (*)

Uruguay

Universidad ORT Uruguay Jacinto Laguna Popular Library: the cultural and literary hub of Nueva Palmira, Colonia - Uruguay Uruguay

University of Chicago

Digital Humanitarianism: Tracking Migrant Deaths in the Southwest

United States

University of Florida

Solidaridad Fronteriza/Solidarite Fwontyè - Border Solidarity

Dominican Republic

University of Florida

Thrive Well: Nurturing Communities through Safe Water & Health Empowerment

Sri Lanka

University of Maine

Project First Steps

Senegal

University of Michigan

The Safe and Sound Project

United States

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Refuge in the Outdoors: A Peaceful STEM & Community Farming Intervention for Asylum-Seeking Families

Denmark

University of Oklahoma

Himalayan Horizon: Women’s Empowerment through Sexual Health and Menstrual Hygiene

Nepal

University of Oklahoma

Kashmir EduPeace

Kashmir Region

University of Pennsylvania

Students Organizing for Access to Reproductive Health (SOAR) Internship

United States

University of Richmond

Building Corals for Sustainable Community Development at Sea

Taiwan

University of Richmond

STEAM Education to Empower Displaced Artsakh Youth

Armenia

University of Rochester

Fostering Curiosity and Creativity for Youth Empowerment and Last Peace

Dominican Republic

Vassar College

Clean Water For Peace In Kibera Slums

Kenya

Vassar College

Natural Bridges: Creating Sustainable Relief and Com

United States

Wartburg College

Empowering Lives Affected by HIV/AIDS

South Sudan

Washington & Lee University

PINK: Promoting Transgender Inclusion for Economic Justice

Pakistan

Wellesley College

What does it mean to lose your language?

United States

Wesleyan University

Youth AgriChange Network

Rwanda

Westminster College

Access Health Initiative

Ghana

Wheaton College

ApapachArte

El Salvador

Whitman College

Jua Financial Empowerment Initiative

Kenya

Williams College

Bridging Gaps Through Computer Literacy

Kenya

Williams College

Rebuilding Tigray: Restoring Connectivity and Healing a War-Torn Region

Ethiopia

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Holistic STEM Education for the Fight against Underrepresentation and Teen Violent Crime

United States

Yale University

Nisa Project: Health Literacy for Newcomer Women

United States