Livelihoods

University of Richmond Student Receives Projects for Peace Grant to Support Women Artisans in Rural Pakistan

University of Richmond — 2025-11-03T10:23:34-0500

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.

New York duo brings tech revolution to rural Amritsar schools

Neha Saini — 2025-11-03T09:52:30-0500

W&L Student Empowers Her Community through Davis Projects for Peace

Kelsey Goodwin — 2025-08-27T10:33:35-0400

Anshika Patel ’26 spent her summer scaling up an initiative offering public health education and vocational training in her community.

Michell Mamombe ’27 Launches Program to Empower Zimbabwean Girls

Pomona College — 2025-06-17T10:35:07-0400

“I’ve always been passionate about bringing change, and being a chemistry major does not change the fact that I want to be impactful in my community,” says Michell Mamombe ’27.

Abdou-Latifou Dare ’27 wins $10,000 Projects for Peace grant

Connecticut College — 2025-06-17T10:09:08-0400

He will use the grant to establish a multipurpose educational and training center called “Nour Al Bayan Wal Huda” (Lighthouse of Eloquence and Guidance), in his hometown of Bassar in the West African coastal country of Togo.

Two Trinity students receive Projects for Peace Grants for Work in Burkina Faso and Senegal

Gabby Nelson — 2025-06-17T09:42:01-0400

Benedicte and Alexander conceived of these projects separately, but the connection between the projects extends further than the fact that they both take place in West Africa.

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