Sustained Impact / en Empowering Women and Transforming Africa: Breaking the Gender Lens /projects-peace/empowering-women-and-transforming-africa-breaking-gender-lens “Capital is power. When women entrepreneurs gain access to capital, entire communities move forward and economies grow stronger.”  2025-11-03T10:45:53-0500 Dominique Mondragon Vidal 23533 MC Alumna Maryam Iftikhar ’20 Regained Her Passion for Social Justice Through the Renaissance Scholars Program /projects-peace/mc-alumna-maryam-iftikhar-20-regained-her-passion-social-justice-through-renaissance Project for Peace alum Maryam Iftikhar has continued her work in diplomacy and peacebuilding through a range of initiatives. 2025-06-17T10:25:39-0400 Peninnah Victor and Ezra Pine 23222 Bridge2Rwanda Fellow, Bienfait H. Mugenza, Promoting Peace Through Entrepreneurship in the DRC /projects-peace/bridge2rwanda-fellow-bienfait-h-mugenza-promoting-peace-through-entrepreneurship-drc 2025-04-23T10:45:29-0400 Projects for Peace 23074 Skidmore Grad Opens Library in Ivory Coast /projects-peace/skidmore-grad-opens-library-ivory-coast A Skidmore College alum who grew up in Anyama, Ivory Coast  amidst a decade-long civil war returned to her hometown to open a library. 2025-04-14T10:42:41-0400 Jonathon Norcross 23031 Steven Mukum ’26 Receives Two Awards Geared to Students at Forefront of Social Change /projects-peace/steven-mukum-26-receives-two-awards-geared-students-forefront-social-change Projects for Peace alum Steven (Tuti) Mukum has received both the John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship and The Diana Award 2025-04-14T10:35:13-0400 Ryan Dougherty 23030 A Childhood Dream /projects-peace/childhood-dream Engineering student wins Project for Peace grant to establish technology center in Tanzania 2025-04-14T08:45:34-0400 cmcardle@middlebury.edu 23023 Cultivating a Community of Care /projects-peace/cultivating-community-care 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. 2025-03-17T10:53:19-0400 Emily Innes 22932 Recent Graduate Launched Thriving Nonprofit in Home Country of Tanzania During Sophomore Year at Westminster /projects-peace/recent-graduate-launched-thriving-nonprofit-home-country-tanzania-during-sophomore 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. 2024-10-28T07:58:13-0400 Sarah Rummel Backer 22525 Alumni Award Winner Bienfait Mugenza Delivers Keynote on Conflict Transformation through Peace Entrepreneurship /projects-peace/alumni-award-winner-bienfait-mugenza-delivers-keynote-conflict-transformation The 2024 Alumni Award Winner delivered his address virtually to students at Middlebury’s Conflict Transformation Experiential Programs Reflection Dinner. 2024-10-01T14:08:27-0400 Projects for Peace 22431 Projects for Peace Presents 2024 Alumni Award /projects-peace/projects-peace-presents-2024-alumni-award Projects for Peace and the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation at Middlebury are pleased to announce the 2024 Projects for Peace Alumni Award recipient: Bienfait Hahozi Mugenza of the Democratic Republic of Congo and founder of the Congo Peace Academy in Goma. 2024-05-30T16:17:37-0400 dmcgrathconwell@middlebury.edu 22096