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Projects for Peace: MAKTABA

Projects for Peace has announced its 2026 cohort of grantees. This year, 142 projects from 98 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.

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The student leaders of each project will receive $10,000 in funds to pursue innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues. Most projects will be implemented between June and September this year.

This year, one project from Bennington College received a grant:

Stephen Kitomary '27 - "MAKTABA - Powering Education Beyond the Grid in Iringa, Tanzania."