Middle East & North Africa / en 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 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 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 Yale Junior Receives Projects for Peace Award /projects-peace/yale-junior-receives-projects-peace-award Yale’s Zakira Bakhshi was awarded a Projects for Peace grant for her work focuses on the climate-conflict nexus, particularly in frontline communities. 2025-06-17T10:16:26-0400 YaleNews 23220 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 Stitching Hope: Student Project Brings Healing to Displaced Afghan Women /projects-peace/stitching-hope-student-project-brings-healing-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. 2023-10-24T15:34:45-0400 Brianna Patterson 21318 Bi-communal Musical Dialogue for Peace /projects-peace/bi-communal-musical-dialogue-peace Elina Georgiou and Stephanie Kalavazidou designed “Bi-communal Musical Dialogues for Peace” to bridge divided Cypriot communities through music. Read more here! 2022-06-29T10:07:16-0400 Eleni Philippou 16705 Oberlin Student Osama Abdelrahman ’23 Receives Projects for Peace Grant /projects-peace/oberlin-student-osama-abdelrahman-23-receives-projects-peace-grant The third-year international student from Egypt is working to fill a void in extracurricular activities at high schools in his home country. 2022-06-24T12:12:06-0400 Amanda Nagy 16675 Three Wesleyan Students Plan Projects for Peace in Africa /projects-peace/three-wesleyan-students-plan-projects-peace-africa 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. 2022-06-24T11:46:59-0400 Olivia Drake 16672 Middlebury Institute Celebrates 2022 Projects for Peace Grant Recipients /projects-peace/middlebury-institute-celebrates-2022-projects-peace-grant-recipients 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. 2022-06-24T11:14:14-0400 Jessie Raymond 16666