Planting Seeds of Hope
Named after the Armenian word for hope, Nana Hayrumyan’s project aimed to “catalyze personal, intellectual, and communal growth” among its 29 Artsakh refugee participants.
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Reed Announces 2025 Projects for Peace Grantees
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.
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.
Cultivating a Community of Care
by Emily Innes
Through the Davis Projects for Peace Grant and a Fulbright ETA, Allie Stankewich ’23 is building relationships with the communities she serves in East Africa.
Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women
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.
Bi-communal Musical Dialogue for Peace
Elina Georgiou and Stephanie Kalavazidou designed “Bi-communal Musical Dialogues for Peace” to bridge divided Cypriot communities through music. Read more here!
Oberlin Student Osama Abdelrahman ’23 Receives Projects for Peace Grant
by Amanda Nagy
The third-year international student from Egypt is working to fill a void in extracurricular activities at high schools in his home country.
Three Wesleyan Students Plan Projects for Peace in Africa
by Olivia Drake
Diana Naiyanoi Kimojino ’25, Constance Hirwa ’25, and Alice Musabe ’22 are recipients of 2022 Projects for Peace grants, and each will conduct a project in Africa this summer.