Health & Well-being

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

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.

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.

Weatherspoon, wearing an orange t-shirt, poses in a dimly lit living room with their book of poetry held in their hands.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Arts, Education, Health & Well-being, Youth

Bowdoin College Grantee Pursues Peace through Poetry

by Jane Godiner

As the Bowdoin community moves into the second half of the spring semester, Weatherspoon ’25 is preparing to launch a life-changing summer program for children in the foster care system.

Ariha Shahed, wearing a white sweater and brown pants, poses in front of a small pond.

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

Bard College Student Plans to Support Families in Bangladesh

by Bard College

Ariha Shahed will focus her work this summer on supporting Bangladeshi families living in extreme poverty along the country’s railway tracks, communities that often go unnoticed.

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.

A group of young people, all wearing the same white t-shirt with a green and blue emblem, pose for a silly group photo in front of a log cabin.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Civic Engagement, Environment, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Youth

Bowdoin Grantees Prove the Power of Taking Action

by Rebecca Goldfine

The two most recent Bowdoin recipients of Projects for Peace grants made progress this summer on the issues they’re committed to solving: addressing environmental threats in Serbia and ending the practice of female genital mutilation.

GW Senior Fights against Gender-Based Discrimination in Puerto Rico