Tisch College Announces 2024 Projects for Peace Grants

April 18, 2024

Tisch College announces that two Tufts’ projects have been awarded a 2024 Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 each to implement innovative, peacebuilding projects in Rwanda and Jordan.

Cora Cunningham and Timothy Chou pose outside Ballou

Projects for Peace is a global program that partners with educational institutions to identify and support young peacebuilders. Every year, 125 or more student leaders are each awarded $10,000 grants to implement a Project for Peace, typically between May and August. Along the way, these student leaders increase their knowledge, improve their skills, and begin to see themselves as agents of change.

In 2007, philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis celebrated her birthday with a remarkable investment in youth: committing $1 million for the first 100 Projects for Peace. Mrs. Davis’ legacy lives on: the Davis family and friends believe, like Mrs. Davis did, that today’s youth—tomorrow’s leaders—ought to be challenged to formulate and test their own ideas. To date, more than 2,000 Projects for Peace have been implemented in over 150 countries.

The two projects, and their leaders, are “Tying the Knot between WASH and OneHealth: A Holistic Approach to Peacebuilding in Rwanda’s Musanze District” led by Timothy Chou and Cora Cunningham, and “Playing for Peace: Girls Achieve at Squash Dreamers Summer Program” led by Alexandra Dingle.

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