Projects for Peace Award Made to Grace Ochieng'

For the third year of this competition, made possible by internationalist and philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, St. Lawrence rising sophomore Grace Ochieng' traveled to Kenya, where she led a micro-financed sewing and education project. Working with A People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) support group in the rural village of Lwala, Ms. Ochieng' developed her project to empower women in Lwala by helping them build business skills and a viable source of income. The project was focused on producing reusable, washable, and environmentally friendly menstrual sanitary pads as a means to also enhance the local economy, to increase school attendance amongst young women, and to improve through education community health and hygiene. For more information on this project, Ms. Davis, and the Davis Projects for Peace program, please visit the Davis Projects for Peace website. http://www.kwd100projectsforpeace.org/