Funded Projects

Projects for Peace is pleased to announce its 2024 grantee cohort. It is made up of 129 projects nominated by 94 partner institutions.

Helena Betancourt poses for a close-up picture wearing a white blazer, blue shirt, and a silver necklace.

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

GW Senior Fights against Gender-Based Discrimination in Puerto Rico

by Nick Erickson

Criminal justice major Helena Betancourt champions Projects for Peace reducing period poverty on her home island.

Facing away from the camera, a women in an orange headscarf pulls a needle and thread through a new cross-stitch project.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Multi-national, Arts, Health & Well-being, Social Cohesion

Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women

by Brianna Patterson

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.

A two photo collage with an image on the left of Elspeth Collard smiling at the camera while pushing a wooden rod into the ground, and on the right, Ngan Bui poses with a group of smiling school children.

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

Two Recent University of Richmond Graduates Complete Projects for Peace

by University of Richmond

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.

Allie Stankewich poses smiling for a photo in front of a green garden background while wearing a blue, sleeveless, blouse.

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

W&L Outcomes: Allie Stankewich

by W&L News Office

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.

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.

Alejandra Morales Torres, wearing a pink shirt and beige cardigan, poses for a photo in front of a brown, wooden, deck.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Education, Equipment & Infrastructure, Youth

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.

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.

Blonde-haired Olha Vasyliv, wearing a black jacket and crossing her arms, poses for a portrait in front of a reflective glass wall.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Europe, Multi-national, Education, Youth

Connecticut College Grantee Focuses on Educational Community

by Connecticut College

Inspired by her lived experience, Olha Vasyliv will enact educational workshops for refugee children in Ukraine and Austria.

Three photo collage featuring three college-age young men of varying skin tones all smiling and posing for the camera in front of garden backgrounds.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Arts, Social Cohesion, Youth

Colorado College Grads Plan Art Workshops

by Julia Fennell

Friends and collaborators Cormac McCrimmon, Andres Madrigal, and Manuel Uribe will use their grant to focus on the power of art to enact social change.

Announcing the 2024 Projects for Peace Cohort