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	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
Duke University	Room for Peace: Catalyzing a Global Community of Youth-Led Peace Building	Singapore
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	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
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