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Joseph Kaifala, wearing a short-sleeve white button-down shirt and khaki pants, stands and speaks at a wooden podium topped by a laptop.

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.

Photo collage of Rolando Kattan Rubi on the right, wearing a grey suit with a red tie, and Lucy Calcott on the left, wearing a yellow sundress, both smiling for portraits.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Africa, Education, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Youth

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.

Rabecca Ndhlovu, wearing a black and white striped shirt and a brown headscarf, poses for a photo in front of a tree-filled background.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Health & Well-being, Youth

Wartburg College Student to Carry Out Menstrual Health Clinic

by Waverly Newspapers

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.

Joseph Kaifala, wearing a cream and blue colored shirt, poses sitting at a desk with his hand on a book, flanked by a multi-colored wall.

Sustained Impact, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Middlebury, Africa, Education, Human Rights & Justice, Youth

Projects for Peace Presents First Alumni Award

Projects for Peace and the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation at Middlebury have announced the inaugural recipient of the Projects for Peace Alumni Award: human rights and education activist Joseph Kaifala.

On the left, Ngan Bui, wearing a pink and white blouse and black glasses, poses in front of an outdoor background while on the right Elspeth Collard, wearing a blue shirt and brown glasses, poses in front of a brick hallway.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Asia, Africa, Environment, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice

University of Richmond Students Address Human-Wildlife Interaction and Human Trafficking

by University of Richmond

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.

Suely Soeiro, wearing a white blouse and jean skirt, and Emily Freko, wearing a bright yellow shirt, smile for the camera in front of green grass and distant trees.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Education, Livelihoods, Technology, Youth

College of Idaho Students Carry out Coding Project for Peace in Angola

The College of Idaho’s Suely Soeiro and Emily Freko worked together on their Project for Peace, “She Codes for Peace – Girl Empowerment through Coding,” this past summer in Angola.

Wearing a yellow shirt and cradling a black backpack, Amara Ugochukwu stands in front of a group of people mingling in front of an outdoor market.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Education, Livelihoods, Youth

University of Richmond Student Combats Youth Unemployment in Nigeria

University of Richmond student Amara Ugochukwu spent her summer in Nigeria working on a project to help solve youth unemployment. The project included exploring vendors at a local market.

Portraits pf Joy Nampaso on the left and Stacy Mwangi on the right separated by a blue image of a clocktower above the words "Whitman College," also in blue.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Education, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Youth

Whitman College Celebrates Projects for Peace Grantees

by Bertine Lakjohn

Whitman College’s Joy Nampaso and Stacy Mwangi are both completing Projects for Peace in Kenya this summer. Read more about them and their work!

Three dark-skinned young women pose for a photo on and in front of a brick stairwell.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Middle East & North Africa, Africa, Arts, Education, Health & Well-being, Livelihoods, Social Cohesion, Youth

Three Wesleyan Students Plan Projects for Peace in Africa

by Olivia Drake

Diana Naiyanoi Kimojino ’25, Constance Hirwa ’25, and Alice Musabe ’22 are recipients of 2022 Projects for Peace grants, and each will conduct a project in Africa this summer.

Standing at the front of a small gym with a stage, a teacher addresses a large group of students sitting in green lawn chairs.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Civic Engagement, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice

Building Healthy Communities in Nigeria

by Devin McGrath-Conwell

Bowdoin College student Ruby Ahaiwe planned “Gbasaa Ozi!” as a way to promote community health and connection in her hometown. Read this profile for more on her and her project!