Alumni

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Equipment & Infrastructure,  Health & Well-being

   Dominic Needham: UMaine 2025 Co-Salutatorian

   by The University of Maine

   The Projects for Peace alum is a microbiology major and member of the Honors College

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   Sustained Impact,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Agriculture,  Education,  Livelihoods

   Bridge2Rwanda Fellow, Bienfait H. Mugenza, Promoting Peace Through Entrepreneurship in the DRC

   by Projects for Peace

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Americas,  Education,  Human Rights & Justice,  Livelihoods,  Youth

   Penn Fourth-Year Annabelle Jin Named 2025-26 Luce Scholar

   by Penn Today

   Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Arts

   Bard College Student Aleksandar Vitanov ’25 Named a Schwarzman Scholar

   by Bard College

   Projects for Peace alum Aleksandar Vitanov ’25 has been announced as a recipient of a prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship for 2025-26

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   Funded Projects,  Sustained Impact,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Education,  Youth

   Skidmore Grad Opens Library in Ivory Coast

   by Jonathon Norcross

   A Skidmore College alum who grew up in Anyama, Ivory Coast  amidst a decade-long civil war returned to her hometown to open a library.

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   Funded Projects,  Sustained Impact,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Agriculture,  Social Cohesion

   Steven Mukum ’26 Receives Two Awards Geared to Students at Forefront of Social Change

   by Ryan Dougherty

   Projects for Peace alum Steven (Tuti) Mukum has received both the John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship and The Diana Award

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions

   Pratyush Seshadri (UNC ’25) Named Marshall scholar

   by Sarah O’Carroll

   The Projects for Peace alum and Morehead-Cain scholar will continue his studies in economics at the University of Oxford.

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions

   Wilhem Hector (MIT ’25) Named 2025 Rhodes Scholar

   by Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center at MIT

   Projects for Peace alum Wilhem Hector has held multiple PKG Fellowships to support his nonprofit (1843), the Hector Foundation. 

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   Funded Projects,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Youth

   Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22 named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar

   by Julia Mongo

   The MIT alumnus will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.

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    Funded Projects,  Sustained Impact,  Alumni,  Partner Institutions,  Africa,  Education,  Technology,  Youth

    A Childhood Dream

    Engineering student wins Project for Peace grant to establish technology center in Tanzania