Davis Projects for Peace is an initiative for students at Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools and International Houses Worldwide to design their own grassroots projects – anywhere in the world – which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. Applicants are encouraged to use their creativity to design projects and employ innovative techniques for engaging project participants in ways that focus on conflict resolution, reconciliation, as well as building, understanding, and breaking down barriers which cause conflict, and finding solutions for resolving conflict and maintaining peace. Through a competition on over 90 campuses and member institutions of International Houses Worldwide, projects will be selected for funding up to $10,000 each. Learn more about Kathryn Davis and the Davis Projects for Peace grant program.
2024: Breaking Violent Areas with EmpowerEd Students, Colombia, Lina Gonzalez
2024: 59th Street Garden: A Community Approach for Solving Neighborhood Crime, USA, Pedro Huet, Jane Kim, and Joseph Olasusi
2024: Community Networks Against Gender Discrimination in Southeast Turkey, Turkey, Burak Tan
2023: Gardening Community After Conflict, Colombia, Connor Christensen and Darren Colby
2023: Community Ambassadors, Venezuela, Astrid Johana Garcia Espinel
2022: Community Center to Empower the Youth of Rural Nepal, Nepal, Ram Itani and Sujan Shrestha
2022: Puntos Solidarios: On our Way to Sustainability, Venezuela, Ana Vasquez and Ruth Castillo
2021: Hungarian Romani Youth Empowerment through Sport, Hungary, Sarath Pillai
2021: Social and Academic Integration for Visually Disabled Youth, Burundi, Kévin Irakóze
2020: [Cancelled due to COVID-19] “Tsiba” Training for Women’s Economic Empowerment, South Africa, Yara Cumbi
2019: Summer Peace Program for Single Mothers, Immigrant Mothers and Children: Peaceful Playing, Peaceful Thinking and Common Living, Colombia, Andrés Caro
2018: Curing the African Diaspora Community in Guangzhou, China: Disease Stigma and Health Care, China, Hekang Yang
2016: Bidai Ballo Bibaho – Goodbye to Child Marriages, Bangladesh, Muntasha Quddus
2016: Conflict Avoidance through Access to Potable Water, Peruvian Amazon, Erik Levin
2015: Empowerment Through Digital Literacy, Nepal, Sujata Singh
2014: Generations of Us: An Intergenerational Storytelling Project on Chicago’s South Side, USA, Kelli Bosak
2014: Renewing the Source of Peace, Bhutan, Hasta Colman
2014: We All Smile in the Same Language, Russia, Shauna Taylor
2013: Empowering Myself, Empowering My Peers, USA, Laura Rosenberg
2013: Dewey Dances for Peace, USA, Katy Colleton
2012: The Dance Project, USA, Maya Pillai
2011: Financial Literacy Summer Seminar Series, China, Haishu Chen, Xi Chen, Xiaolun Cheng, Kejia Jin, Ying Li
2010: Empowering Chicago Refugees, USA, Ifrah Magan
2010: Cross-straight Student Leadership Conference, China, Li Chen
2009: Local Cancer Testing System for Peace, Pakistan, Maliha Asma
2008: Village Banking in Rural Peru, Peru, Genevieve Cour
2008: Peace Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Zaid Al-Farisi