Asia / en ‘Meaningful change starts with empathy’ /projects-peace/meaningful-change-starts-empathy Turna Barua ’26 facilitates adult education classes in Bangladesh, supported by Projects for Peace grant 2025-11-03T10:58:29-0500 Turna Barua 23535 Planting Seeds of Hope /projects-peace/planting-seeds-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.  2025-11-03T10:51:29-0500 Claire Williams 23534 Two Pitzer Students Promote Environmental Education With Projects for Peace Award /projects-peace/two-pitzer-students-promote-environmental-education-projects-peace-award 2025 Projects for Peace awardees Sammy Basa ’25 and Zhané Moledina ’25 are creating a community-led education project to preserve Sibuyan Island, a beacon of biodiversity in the Philippines. 2025-11-03T10:40:58-0500 Bridgette Ramirez 23532 School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees /projects-peace/school-health-student-reflects-her-summer-working-rohingya-refugees Isra Satiar (H’26) is this year’s recipient of GU’s Thomas P. McTighe Prize, which is awarded to a student selected to address the opening convocation. 2025-11-03T10:32:30-0500 Heather Wilpone-Welborn 23531 University of Richmond Student Receives Projects for Peace Grant to Support Women Artisans in Rural Pakistan /projects-peace/university-richmond-student-receives-projects-peace-grant-support-women-artisans For Women Weave Change, Mobeen partnered with the Pakistani social development groups Democratic Commission for Human Development and Label STEP to improve the work environments of women carpet weavers in rural Pakisan. 2025-11-03T10:23:34-0500 University of Richmond 23530 New York duo brings tech revolution to rural Amritsar schools /projects-peace/new-york-duo-brings-tech-revolution-rural-amritsar-schools 2025-11-03T09:52:30-0500 Neha Saini 23529 W&L Student Empowers Her Community through Davis Projects for Peace /projects-peace/wl-student-empowers-her-community-through-davis-projects-peace Anshika Patel ’26 spent her summer scaling up an initiative offering public health education and vocational training in her community. 2025-08-27T10:33:35-0400 Kelsey Goodwin 23425 Two Colgate Students Lead Projects for Peace Abroad /projects-peace/two-colgate-students-lead-projects-peace-abroad The students’ projects address issues of substance abuse, mental health, and women’s health internationally. 2025-08-27T10:21:32-0400 Tate Fonda 23424 Three Luther College Students to Empower Youth in Timor-Leste and Bangladesh through Projects for Peace Grants /projects-peace/three-luther-college-students-empower-youth-timor-leste-and-bangladesh-through Da Silva and Nguyen’s project, “Empowering Timorese Youth through Enhanced Education: Building a Future of Change and Progress,” focuses on education, leadership training and civic engagement for high school students living in rural areas. 2025-07-28T11:51:51-0400 Luther College 23331 Reed Announces 2025 Projects for Peace Grantees /projects-peace/reed-announces-2025-projects-peace-grantees 2025-06-17T10:38:55-0400 Bennett Campbell Ferguson 23224