Stories about "Projects for Peace"
With 2025 Davis Projects for Peace funding, Axelle Tougouma ’27 aims to support refugees from Burkina Faso
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:44 am
With her $10,000 grant, Tougouma will pursue a solar-powered irrigation system for Burkinabé women refugees in Ivory Coast, aiming to combat food insecurity and foster economic independence.
With $10,000 Davis Award, Ramiro Davila ’25 takes steps for children in Ecuador
Friday, July 1, 2022 10:01 am
With a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace Award, Ramiro Davila '25 wants to help students in Ecuador get better access to education — one step at a time, literally.
$10,000 grant to help Gwendolyn Whidden ’19 create debate program in Rwanda
Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:06 am
Whidden, who spent time at a rural high school in Rwanda in 2017, will return to the school to promote critical thinking and open dialogue.
$10,000 grant helps Gift Pola Kiti ’18 bring clinic to Kenyan village
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:15 am
The 2017 Davis Projects for Peace grant will help Kiti to complete the establishment of a health clinic in an impoverished village in Kenya.
Bates’ 2016 Projects for Peace tackle food security, arts education
Friday, May 6, 2016 9:33 am
Bates College students Bantu Mabaso '18 and Miles Schelling '16 have received Projects for Peace grants for work in Swaziland and India.
In second major award, Tolosky ’15 receives Projects for Peace grant
Friday, May 22, 2015 3:41 pm
A Spanish major at Bates College, Patrick Tolosky '15 has received a Davis Projects for Peace grant to construct a health center in Peru.
Project for Peace award goes to Tatro, Schriger for humanitarian work in Rwanda
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:56 pm
A Davis Project for Peace award has gone to seniors Simone Schriger and Devin Tatro to support an initiative in Rwanda to support children of incarcerated people.
Three Bates students receive Davis Projects for Peace awards
Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:39 pm
Initiatives to foster Mideast dialogue and nurture collaborative conversations in Myanmar have garnered Davis Project for Peace awards for three students.
First-years receive Projects for Peace grant to support NGO in India
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:17 am
Two first-year students have received a Projects for Peace grant to stimulate economic growth and support a rural education initiative in India.
Porst '11 receives Projects for Peace award to build first school in a remote Andean community
Friday, April 8, 2011 4:33 pm
During a community dinner on the eve of her departure from a remote Peruvian community, Hannah Porst '11 asked residents of this mountain village how she could thank them for their hospitality. What we really need, they told her, is a school. Now Porst has received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant -- covering a third of the cost of her initiative and making it possible for the school to be built this summer.