Youth

Planting Seeds of Hope

Claire Williams — 2025-11-03T10:51:29-0500

Named after the Armenian word for hope, Nana Hayrumyan’s project aimed to “catalyze personal, intellectual, and communal growth” among its 29 Artsakh refugee participants.

School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees

Heather Wilpone-Welborn — 2025-11-03T10:32:30-0500

Isra Satiar (H’26) is this year’s recipient of GU’s Thomas P. McTighe Prize, which is awarded to a student selected to address the opening convocation.

New York duo brings tech revolution to rural Amritsar schools

Neha Saini — 2025-11-03T09:52:30-0500

Three Luther College Students to Empower Youth in Timor-Leste and Bangladesh through Projects for Peace Grants

Luther College — 2025-07-28T11:51:51-0400

Da Silva and Nguyen’s project, “Empowering Timorese Youth through Enhanced Education: Building a Future of Change and Progress,” focuses on education, leadership training and civic engagement for high school students living in rural areas.

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.

MC Alumna Maryam Iftikhar ’20 Regained Her Passion for Social Justice Through the Renaissance Scholars Program

Peninnah Victor and Ezra Pine — 2025-06-17T10:25:39-0400

Project for Peace alum Maryam Iftikhar has continued her work in diplomacy and peacebuilding through a range of initiatives.

Yale Junior Receives Projects for Peace Award

YaleNews — 2025-06-17T10:16:26-0400

Yale’s Zakira Bakhshi was awarded a Projects for Peace grant for her work focuses on the climate-conflict nexus, particularly in frontline communities.

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 Macalester Students Awarded Project for Peace Grants

Macalester College — 2025-06-17T09:54:30-0400

Both students will travel to their home countries this summer to lead community-based programs centered around youth engagement and education.

Mariah Jackson ‘27 to Honor her Mother’s Legacy as Union’s Latest Projects for Peace Winner

Union College — 2025-06-17T09:50:36-0400

Jackson’s project aims to address the disproportionality in discipline rates between student groups in the school district and the correlation of suspensions with increased dropout rates and involvement in the legal system.