Youth / en Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries /projects-peace/two-students-receive-peace-prizes-expand-possibilities-young-people-their-home 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. 2025-05-10T06:55:43-0400 Rebecca Goldfine 23145 From Portfolio Building to Peacebuilding /projects-peace/portfolio-building-peacebuilding 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) 2025-05-09T10:35:16-0400 Nosipho Vilakazi 23137 Penn Fourth-Year Annabelle Jin Named 2025-26 Luce Scholar /projects-peace/penn-fourth-year-annabelle-jin-named-2025-26-luce-scholar Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation. 2025-04-14T15:20:45-0400 Penn Today 23040 Bard Student Grace Miller-Trabold ’26 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant /projects-peace/bard-student-grace-miller-trabold-26-awarded-davis-projects-peace-grant Miller-Trabold’s project will provide resources for youth workshops on Indigenous Oaxacan textile traditions. 2025-04-14T10:51:28-0400 Bard College 23033 Skidmore Grad Opens Library in Ivory Coast /projects-peace/skidmore-grad-opens-library-ivory-coast A Skidmore College alum who grew up in Anyama, Ivory Coast  amidst a decade-long civil war returned to her hometown to open a library. 2025-04-14T10:42:41-0400 Jonathon Norcross 23031 Sharing Educational Opportunities To Build a Brighter Future /projects-peace/sharing-educational-opportunities-build-brighter-future Two WPI juniors get youth in their hometown excited about STEM. 2025-04-14T10:22:58-0400 Mia Lumsden 23028 A STEM Grows in Ghana /projects-peace/stem-grows-ghana Projects for Peace participants Eleanor Goddard ’25 and Stephen Amankonah Sekyere ’27 bring technology—and hope—to middle-schoolers in West Africa 2025-04-14T10:15:27-0400 Eliana Joftus 23027 Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22 named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar /projects-peace/ayomikun-ayodeji-22-named-2024-rhodes-scholar The MIT alumnus will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall. 2025-04-14T10:01:30-0400 Julia Mongo 23025 A Childhood Dream /projects-peace/childhood-dream Engineering student wins Project for Peace grant to establish technology center in Tanzania 2025-04-14T08:45:34-0400 cmcardle@middlebury.edu 23023 Peace in Russia and Ukraine: Johnnies Build Bridges Between Home Nations via St. John’s-Style Seminar /projects-peace/peace-russia-and-ukraine-johnnies-build-bridges-between-home-nations-st-johns-style St John’s students spend summer promoting peaceful dialogue among citizens of feuding nation through seminar-style classes. 2025-03-17T11:07:15-0400 Gabriela Forte 22933