Health & Well-being

W&L’s Anshika Patel ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant

Emily Innes — 2025-05-10T07:02:37-0400

Patel plans to expand the reach of Wings of Women, the community-driven initiative she founded in her home country of India.

UNC students' focus grant on Native American skin cancer prevention efforts

Anthony Locklear — 2025-05-09T11:05:25-0400

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.

Desang Tenzin '28 Awarded Projects for Peace Grant to Improve Monastery Living Conditions

Meghan O'Toole — 2025-05-09T10:58:58-0400

Economics and computer science double major Desang Lhaki Tenzin ‘28 grew up in Bhutan, where many monasteries face significant resource challenges.

Dominic Needham: UMaine 2025 Co-Salutatorian

The University of Maine — 2025-05-09T10:51:46-0400

The Projects for Peace alum is a microbiology major and member of the Honors College

From Portfolio Building to Peacebuilding

Nosipho Vilakazi — 2025-05-09T10:35:16-0400

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)

Narjis Nusaibah ’26 Receives Projects for Peace Grant Funding Breast Cancer Screenings in Bangladesh

Carleton College — 2025-05-09T10:29:25-0400

Nusaibah is majoring in chemistry and economics at Carleton.

Two Columbia Students Named 2025 Projects for Peace Fellows

cmcardle@middlebury.edu — 2025-05-09T10:14:47-0400

Congratulations to Nina Kornfeld (CC’26) and Gulnazik Bakhramova (GS’26) on being named 2025 Projects for Peace recipients!

Rebecca Irakiza ’25 Ensures Safe Water Access Through Projects for Peace Grant

Eliana Rosen — 2025-03-17T11:12:56-0400

A Trinity College student is working to provide better access to clean water in her home country of Burundi.

Recent Graduate Launched Thriving Nonprofit in Home Country of Tanzania During Sophomore Year at Westminster

Sarah Rummel Backer — 2024-10-28T07:58:13-0400

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.

GW Senior Fights against Gender-Based Discrimination in Puerto Rico

Nick Erickson — 2024-01-12T12:23:13-0500

Criminal justice major Helena Betancourt champions Projects for Peace reducing period poverty on her home island.