Middle East & North Africa / en 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-for-peace/reading-room/stitching-hope-student-project-brings-healing-displaced-afghan 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-for-peace/reading-room/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-for-peace/reading-room/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-for-peace/reading-room/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-for-peace/reading-room/middlebury-institute-celebrates-2022-projects-peace-grant 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 Water to Promote Food Security /projects-for-peace/reading-room/water-promote-food-security Concordia College student Amina Fatkhulloeva designed her Project for Peace, “Water to Promote Food Security in Varzi-Kanda Village, Tajikistan,” to combat food insecurity in her hometown. Read on to learn about her and her work! 2022-02-25T11:44:23-0500 Devin McGrath-Conwell 13576 St. Olaf College Spotlights Two Years of Projects for Peace /projects-for-peace/reading-room/st-olaf-college-spotlights-two-years-projects-peace St. Olaf College celebrates three recent graduates who all completed Projects for Peace during 2020 or 2021.  2022-01-18T14:42:49-0500 Anna Brown 13309 MIIS Projects for Peace Grantees Tackle Pressing Global Issues /projects-for-peace/reading-room/miis-projects-peace-grantees-tackle-pressing-global-issues A spotlight on two Middlebury Institute students and one alumna who implemented development projects through Projects for Peace.  2022-01-18T13:04:42-0500 Emily Cipriani 13303 A Look into Students' Projects for Peace /projects-for-peace/reading-room/look-students-projects-peace 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.  2021-12-13T13:26:58-0500 Maria Klipfel 13012