Livelihoods

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.

Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries

Rebecca Goldfine — 2025-05-10T06:55:43-0400

Ruth Olujobi ’25 and Victor Souza ’26 have each received a Projects for Peace grant to work on self-designed initiatives in Nigeria and Brazil.

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!

Bridge2Rwanda Fellow, Bienfait H. Mugenza, Promoting Peace Through Entrepreneurship in the DRC

Projects for Peace — 2025-04-23T10:45:29-0400

Penn Fourth-Year Annabelle Jin Named 2025-26 Luce Scholar

Penn Today — 2025-04-14T15:20:45-0400

Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Youths in Anambra Benefit from Transformative Digital Skills Bootcamp

Guardian Nigeria — 2025-03-17T10:41:47-0400

Led by Excellence Anurika Joshua, a Master of Development Engineering candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, the initiative aimed to empower young men through digital education.

Making a Real-World Difference

Abigail Curtis — 2025-03-17T10:28:29-0400

Colby’s two Projects for Peace grantees will use their $10,000 grant to improve internet access and help farmers in Nepal.

College of Idaho Students Carry out Coding Project for Peace in Angola

dmcgrathconwell@middlebury.edu — 2022-10-05T09:48:49-0400

The College of Idaho’s Suely Soeiro and Emily Freko worked together on their Project for Peace, “She Codes for Peace – Girl Empowerment through Coding,” this past summer in Angola.

University of Richmond Student Combats Youth Unemployment in Nigeria

dmcgrathconwell@middlebury.edu — 2022-10-05T09:38:44-0400

University of Richmond student Amara Ugochukwu spent her summer in Nigeria working on a project to help solve youth unemployment. The project included exploring vendors at a local market.

Three Wesleyan Students Plan Projects for Peace in Africa

Olivia Drake — 2022-06-24T11:46:59-0400

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.