Multi-national

A collage of two photos, one of Majd AlSehnawi ’28 and another of Yuki Nagura ’28 and Isara Moriya ’28.

Iftikhar speaking at the International Religious Freedom Forum at the National Press Club, November 2022.

Sustained Impact, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Multi-national, Documentation & Preservation, Human Rights & Justice, Social Cohesion, Youth

MC Alumna Maryam Iftikhar ’20 Regained Her Passion for Social Justice Through the Renaissance Scholars Program

by Peninnah Victor and Ezra Pine

Project for Peace alum Maryam Iftikhar has continued her work in diplomacy and peacebuilding through a range of initiatives.

Zakira Bakhshi stands outside with arms crossed.

Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Multi-national, Arts, Documentation & Preservation, Youth

Yale Junior Receives Projects for Peace Award

by YaleNews

Yale’s Zakira Bakhshi was awarded a Projects for Peace grant for her work focuses on the climate-conflict nexus, particularly in frontline communities.

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.

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.

Two hands holds a red pendant shaped like a pomegranate with the word Rerooted superimposed in white text.

Funded Projects, Sustained Impact, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Americas, Europe, Multi-national, Documentation & Preservation, Human Rights & Justice

Seeking Justice for the Armenian Genocide, One Story at a Time

by Devin McGrath-Conwell

Launched as a Project for Peace in 2017, the Rerooted Archive celebrates five years of documenting stories from Armenians displaced by conflict. Read on for the story of how an idea grew into a sustained, global, initiative.

Wearing a dark suit and navy tie, Stanislav Knezevic sits behind a dark wooden desk adorned with country flags and speaks into a microphone.

Alumni, Partner Institutions, Multi-national, Civic Engagement, Human Rights & Justice, Social Cohesion, Youth

Projects for Peace Alum Stanislav Knezevic Wins Yenching Scholarship

by Kate Whitman

Trinity College alumnus Stanislav Knezevic ’21 was awarded a Yenching Scholarship to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China Studies, with a concentration in politics and international relations.

Reed Announces 2025 Projects for Peace Grantees