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Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Education, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Youth
College of Idaho student Diane Toussaint Mbahoze designed her Project for Peace to confront insufficient sex education and access to sexual health services in her home country of Rwanda. Read more about her work here!
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Arts, Education, Environment, Youth
Mariana Orias López designed her project “Estudio de Arte Móvil Sahuinto” to combat a lack of environmental education in her hometown. Read on for a full profile on Orias López and her project.
Sustained Impact, Alumni, Partner Institutions, Americas, Africa, Social Cohesion, Sports & Play
by Bill Holder
Wesleyan University graduate and Projects for Peace alumnus Kennedy Odede has turned his undergraduate work into an internationally-awarded organization. Wesleyan recently profiled him and his wife and professional partner Jessica Posner.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Documentation & Preservation, Health & Well-being
Amherst College delves into two researchers who completed Projects for Peace during Summer 2021.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Africa, Education, Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Justice, Livelihoods, Youth
by Anna Brown
St. Olaf College celebrates three recent graduates who all completed Projects for Peace during 2020 or 2021.
Alumni, Partner Institutions, Africa, Health & Well-being, Sports & Play, Youth
Daniel Charlton, a Whitman College alumnus who completed a Project for Peace over Summer 2018 was recently selected from a group of over 3,000 applicants to be a Schwarzman Scholar.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Education, Equipment & Infrastructure, Health & Well-being, Livelihoods
After becoming a Projects for Peace partner institution in 2019, Concordia College grantees had to delay their projects until summer 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on to discover how each grantee adapted their project, and more on Concordia’s hopes for future projects.
Alumni, Partner Institutions, Americas, Environment
Neil Oculi, who conducted a Project for Peace in 2009, recently joined the faculty at the University of Portland as an environmental policy professor. He also attended environmental summit COP26 as a delegate for his native St. Lucia.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Asia, Documentation & Preservation, Human Rights & Justice
by TODAY
Lina Tori Jan appeared on TODAY with her sister to discuss her Project for Peace, “Chai was Dastan,” a podcast series focused on Afghan refugees.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Americas, Asia, Arts, Education, Youth
Projects for Peace winners from Colby College designed projects aimed to create a mentorship program in South Korea, and bring arts into social work education in Haiti.
