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Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Middlebury, Americas, Middle East & North Africa, Civic Engagement, Education, Youth
This summer, Femi Higgins MAIEM ’21 and Mohamed Ahmed MAIPD ’23 will use their $10,000 Project for Peace grants for community projects that promote peace, understanding, and social change.
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Africa, Civic Engagement, Education, Equipment & Infrastructure, Social Cohesion, Youth
Skidmore College grantee Korotoumou “Katy” Ballo designed her project, “Learning Center for Peace to Rebuild Anyama,” to address social and cultural divides in her hometown stemming from the aftermath of civil war. Read on for more about her and her project!
Funded Projects, Partner Institutions, Europe, Education, Social Cohesion, Youth
Lake Forest College student Valdrin Halitjaha designed “Language and Libraries: Expanding Educational Resources for Kosovar Youth through English Learning and Library Access” to aid young students in his home country. Read more about him and his work here!
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.
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.
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.
Sustained Impact, Alumni, Middlebury, Asia, Civic Engagement, Education, Human Rights & Justice, Youth
Shabana Basij-Rasikh, who completed a Project for Peace in 2008, was awarded a Middlebury College Young Alumni Achievement Award at the 2021 Middlebury College Reunion.
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.
