Two UNC students, junior Urvi Patel and sophomore Khizra Ahmad, recently received a $10,000 grant from Projects for Peace for their research in skin cancer prevention in Native American communities.
The Lekelela Initiative aims not only to create peace but also to address the roots of its absence: the lack of educational support that can alter the trajectory of young lives. (1856)
Swai was the recipient of a Projects for Peace award in both 2022 and 2023, which she used to help provide school lunches for children in her home country of Tanzania.
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.