Cultivating environments for transformational change: Re-imagining Education By Bronwyn Manley When I applied for the Rotary Peace Scholarship, I was intent on finding educational solutions that could reach the most marginalized and vulnerable communities, in particular displaced populations. Undertaking a … Continued

A Geneva Experience from Durham By Peter Adeyeye The Journey Childhood events sparked my interest in development. I grew up in a loving Christian home where I watched my parents pray with people who fell ill and support both neighbors … Continued

We are all in this together: reflections on a summer that calls for peace and justice By Caitilin McMillan “We are all in this together” is a phrase many of us will have heard this summer. In the midst of … Continued

Femicide Crisis in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: Impunity, Corruption and Failed Policies By Marco Cuevas This year I took part, alongside two talented Duke MIDP Fellows (Jessica Maeda and Ola Hosni), in the Geneva Challenge. Launched six years ago, the Geneva … Continued

Shifting expectations and the perks of my remote internship By Catherine Harris It certainly hasn’t been the summer I was expecting, but there have been some good perks. I was expecting… to be spending the last few months in Geneva, … Continued

  Peacebuilding through education innovation for women leaders worldwide By Amanda Luz When I came to the U.S. to study how education and technology could better support people to collaborate and transform their communities, I certainly couldn’t imagine how urgent … Continued

  Working for Peace and Development By Kalkidan Kebede Before joining the RPF program in 2019, I had been working in development fields for more than eight years. I had also been studying the development challenges, poverty trends, the different … Continued

Peace Through Health: Keeping my dream for Malawi alive By Chimwemwe Kumwenda The English novelist Graham Greene once said, “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in”. As a young girl, I … Continued

Peace from home: thoughts of a peacebuilder during Covid-19 By Giovanny Rincon Alvarez How should I work for peacebuilding under remote mode? This was the question that I asked myself a month ago when I started my Applied Field Experience … Continued

Alum Branka Panic on AI for Peace – Using Artificial Intelligence for Creating Lasting Peace On our graduation day, in May 2019, I wrote a “letter to myself”, a beautiful Rotary Peace Fellowship tradition of remembering the day as the … Continued

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  “The most innocent victims of war: Children and Women – from child soldiers to sex slaves” By Asha Asokan, Class 17 RPF and MIDP 2020 More than 350 million children are living in conflict-affected areas around the world. Women … Continued