Summer 2019 – 10 grants, totaling $36,107

• Grace Collins ’21 – to teach music and provide musical instruments to primary school students in Buyobo, Uganda.
• Winfred Darko ’20 – to help make the Dollaride micro-transit network more accessible to under-served communities in New York City.
• Genevieve Garlock ’20 – to help build sustainable and affordable housing for families in need as an intern with Habitat for Humanity in Argentina.
• Nastasia Klevak ’22 – to work with Engineers Without Borders on a new, sustainable clean water system for a community in El Cajul, the Dominican Republic, whose current source of potable water has been depleted.
• Imane Mabrouk ‘21  – to assist clients completing applications for permanent residency and other immigration-related documents as an intern at New American Pathways in Atlanta.
• Angelika Morris ’21 – to work with the “Street Medix” program to train over 100 additional civilians as trauma and mental health first responders in Chicago neighborhoods suffering from the highest rates of violence.
• Kahlil Shaw ’21 – to work with Engineers Without Borders on expanding an existing well and adding an electric pump to improve access to potable water for primary school students and the surrounding community in Kubweye, Kenya.
• Samuel Vilchez Santiago ’19 – to engage Hispanic students and their families in educational decision-making and public policy advocacy in Orange County, Florida, including organizing support for increased funding for English As a Second Language (“ESL”) and Special Education programs and the creation of  local independent charitable foundations to assist schools serving low-income students.
• Riley Wagner ’20 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable water for the first time in 25 years to over 70 families in an isolated community in Peru.
• Michele Wang ’21 – to intern at the Ding Sheng Legal Clinic in Chong Qing, China – the only Pro Bono clinic dedicated to serving people with hearing disabilities in the country.

Summer 2018 – Six grants, totaling $25,694

• Natalia Brokate ‘20 – to reorganize and strengthen the medical services branch of a foundation serving underprivileged populations in rural Colombia.
• Sneha Iyer ‘20 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable drinking water to over 100 families in an isolated community in the Andean mountains of Peru.
• Myesha Jemison ‘18 – to provide tutoring and mentoring opportunities to first-generation, low-income students of color in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
• Tom Kingori ‘19 – to help improve access to college and other academic opportunities for high-achieving high school students from rural and low-income backgrounds in Kenya.
• Bethwel Kiplimo ‘21 – created the “Chance Book” project to distribute over 2,000 books donated by Princeton students and faculty to elementary school students in rural Kenya.
• Serge Nsanzineza ‘20 – to help develop a sustainable model of peace education for Hutu and Tutsi high school students.

Summer 2017 – 11 grants, totaling $36,576

• Julia Case-Levine ‘18 – to work at the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund on criminal justice reform.
• Renee Louis ‘19 – to work in a slum in Delhi, India, teaching ESL and using performing arts in primary schools to assist teachers with their weaker students.
• Rhoda Lynch ‘19 – to work with disabled children in Vietnam suffering from neurological issues.
• Alice Tupper Maiden ‘19 -- to provide mobile trauma-informed education and support to Syrian refugee children in a camp in Greece.
• Collins Metto ‘20 –to help improve access to college and other academic opportunities among rural, low-income high school students in Kenya.
• Cameron McKenzie ‘19 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring water to communities and schools in Kenya that lack clean drinking water.
• Danielle Pintz ‘17 – to develop an App to assist refugees in Rome, Italy to learn Italian and English and to assist them with digital literacy.
• Eric Qiu ‘18 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable water to 120 households in a small community in the Dominican Republic.
• Mayisha Sultana ‘20 – to help Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore learn English and IT skills.
• Samuel Vilchez-Santiago ‘19 – to work with Latino families in Florida to increase parental participation in Parent-Teacher organizations and to help create non-profit organizations that focus on bringing Latino families into the larger educational system.
• Kai Xin Tai ‘19 – to establish an English language program in a large foster home facility in rural Kuala Lumpur.

Summer 2016 – Eight grants, totaling $25,748

• Alexander Byrnes ‘18 – to work with Engineers Without Borders on a water collection and distribution system for the village of El Cajuil in the Dominican Republic.
• Tucker Jones ‘16 – to work with FOKRED (Forum for Creative Action) to promote volunteerism and civic engagement among young people in Serbia.
• Annie Lu ‘17 – to provide tutoring and mentoring opportunities to low-income students in Oakland, California.
• Matthew Martinez ‘19 – to work on an engineering project in Peru on the Worm Tea method with the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development.
• Fiona McKenna ‘17 – to teach English to children in Nepal as part of World Teach.
• Roman Papademetriou ’18 – to work with Praksis in providing humanitarian aid and medical interventions to refugee populations in Greece.
• Amir Raja ‘18 – to work with 3Dmena to provide STEAM-oriented educational initiatives and other assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan.
• Samuel Vilchez-Santiago ‘19 – to work with Mi Familia Vota in Central Florida to engage Latino communities in civic participation.

Summer 2015 – Nine grants, totaling $26,703

• Nusrat Ahmed ‘17 – to create “The Sewing Center,” a mentorship, empowerment, and counseling project for Bangladeshi woman and girls living in poverty.
• Magdalena Collum ‘18 – to work with the Community of  Sant'Egidio to provide food, medical assistance, and other support to the homeless, the terminally ill, migrants and others living in acute at risk circumstance.
• Patricio Elizondo Cantu ‘16 – to create a counseling and test preparation program for highly-motivated, first-generation students applying to U.S. colleges from Mexico City.
• Isabella Douglas ‘17 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable drinking water to an isolated community in the Andean mountains of Peru.
• Catherine Hua ‘17 – to provide assistance and support to migrant workers in China.
• Brendan Hung ‘17 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable drinking water to an rural community in Kenya.
• Joshua Rogers ‘16 – to work on a project to create a series of simple, sustainable latrines in an impoverished rural area near Muchebe, Kenya.
• Sol Taubin ‘16 – to work with the Conservation Law Foundation on issues of socio-environmental Justice.
• Joshua Umansky-Castro ‘17 – to work with Engineers Without Borders to bring potable drinking water to an isolated community in the Andean mountains of Peru.

Summer 2014:  The Foundation received 31 applications for funding totaling requests of over $90,000, and from those we awarded eight grants totaling $20,031:

• Briana Liu '15 – $2031 for work with SosteNica helping 50 rural families in Nicaragua. 
• Audrey Berdahl-Baldwin '16 – $3500  for work with the Movement Building Policy division of the Drug Policy Alliance in New York City. 
• Nusrat Ahmed '17 – $3500 for work in Bangladesh with street youth, in partnership with the ngo Restless Beings. 
• Asmod Karki '16 –  $3500 for work with migrant workers in Malaysia.
• Corrie Kavanaugh '17 – $1500 for work with Engineers Without Borders on a potable water system project in Peru. 
• Jacob Tempchin '14 – $3000 for work with YouthBuild USA based in Somerville, Massachuetts on projects regarding formerly incarcerated youth nationally. 
• Benjamin Liu '15 – $1500 for work with Engineers Without Borders on its clean drinking water project in Sierra Leone.
• Sofia Suarez '16 – $1500 for work with Engineers Without Borders on its community water project in Kenya.

Summer 2013:  The Foundation received 23 applications for funding totaling requests of over $74,000, and from those we awarded 5 grants totaling $16,100:

• Flora Massah'13 --- $3,500 to work with Manurewa Marae to create Maori youth health and development programs in New Zealand.
• Pelin Asa'16 --- $3,500 to work with 1000 Shillings to film and document women artisan businesses in Uganda.
• Janie Lee'15  --- $3,500 to work with the Pratham Education Foundation on employment readiness programs for young adults in India.
• Laura Du'14 --- $2,100 to work with Habitat for Humanity to construct housing for persons in need in Guatemala.  

• Nihar Madhavan'15 --- $3,500 to work with Engineers Without Borders to build a potable water system in rural Peru.

Summer 2012: Seven grants were awarded, totaling, $21,550:

• Katie Horvath '15 - $3,458 to assist El Centro Humanitario develop a marketing plan and support the rights of day laborers in the Denver, Colorado area; 
• Seth Forsgren '14 - $3,018 to assist A Tu Lado train emergency health workers in Bolivia; 
• Sarah Germain '13 - $2,500 to assist Engineers Without Borders construct a potable water system in Peru; 
• Justin Harris '13 - $3,154 to serve an internship at the New York City Legal Aid Society;
• Ivy Maina '13 - $2,500 to teach women's health in a rural camp for girls through Seeds to Sew International, Inc. in Kenya;
• Kevin McKee '14 - $3,500 to assist the Global Health Research Foundation develop a Patient Outcomes and Environmental Monitoring System (POEMS) in Bhutan and Nepal; 

• Brian Reed '15 - $3,420 to assist PITCH: Africa to develop a rainwater harvesting project in Kenya.

Summer 2011: Eight grants were awarded, totaling, $20,518:

• Alexandra Gecker '12 - East Harlem School Project in New York City ($2968)
• Salmaan Kamal '13 - Community HealthWorker Project in Sierra Leone ($2000)
• Omoshalewa Bamkole '11 - Family HealthCenter Project in Monmouth, New Jersey($2500)
• Jeremy Blair '13 - Engineers Without Borders Library building project in Ghana ($2000)
• Seth Forsgren '14 - Emergency MedicineTraining Project in Venezuela($2300)
• Daniel Gastfriend - Rainwater HarvestingProject in Nigeria($3250)
• Katelyn Gostic'13 - MATCHCharter SchoolInternship with underprivileged students in Boston, MA($3500)
• David Newill-Smith'14 -  EngineersWithout Borders Palm Oil processing project in Sierra Leone ($2000)

Summer 2010: Five grants were awarded, totaling, $13,450:

• Nushelle de Silva, $3,000, helping with a project to resettle Sri Lankan war refugees back into their villages and develop sustainable infrastructure and economies;
• Sojung Yi, $3,000, internship in Johannesburg, SA, with organization teaching mothers on HIV/AIDS prevention and developing community wide curriculum in this area;
• Kok Hou Chia, $2,000, working for Fadhili Helpers, a community-based HIV/AIDS relief organization in Nairobi;
• Henry Rounds, $3,000, installing solar panels for a clinic in Sierra Leone to power modern lab equipment necessary to improve maternal/pre-natal care;
• Albert Liao, $2,450, working with Unite for Sight, in Ghana, assisting local optometrists by coordinating the distribution of glasses; educating villagers about proper eye care and how to access the healthcare that is available to them.  

Summer 2009: Seven grants were awarded in 2009, totaling $13,450:

• Hank Song, $3,000 - project leader, Engineers Without Borders, Peru
• Lisa Gu, $1,000 - Upward Bound project in Massachusetts
• Mathias Esmann, $2,500 - Anti-Malaria project in Sierra Leone
• Stephanie Ng, $1,950 - Unite for Sight project in Ghana
• Rik Sengupta, $1,500 - Math curriculum development at a school in India
• Mohit Agrawal, $2,000 - Ghana project lead for Engineers Without Borders
• Jesse George-Nichol, $1,500 -teaching sports at a school for abandoned children in India

Summer 2008: Six grants were awarded in 2008, totaling $16,000:

• Carl Owens, $3,500 grant: Carl provided intensive writing and reading support for first generation college-bound students at a leadership academy in South Africa
• Laura Kergosian, $2,500 grant: Laura assisted in Manna Project International projects to develop a community health clinic and at a hospital that provides medical care to Quito's poorest residents.
• Alissa Escarce, $3,500 grant: Alissa  worked  with the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, based in Zacatecas Mexico, to improve conditions of mexican migrant workers through legal advocacy and education;
• Francis Grehan, $3,500 grant: Francis developed a competitive rowing camp for disadvantaged "first people" children in rural British Columbia.
• Whitney Chapman, $1,000 grant: Whitney worked for a Headstart program in rural British Columbia.
• Mariko Nakayama, $2,000 grant: Mariko helped establish a children's library in Costa Rica, with literature from around the world to broaden children's exposure to the world and other opportunities.

Summer 2007: Five grants were awarded in 2007, totaling $14,000:

• Vicki Chen '09, $3,000 grant: Vicki worked with an organization in India to provide ophthalmology and optometry services to rural poor
• Jessica Kwong '07, $3,500 grant: Jessica worked in Sierra Leone leading a class of teenagers in reading, discussing, translating and performing Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
• Danilo Mandic '07, $2,500 grant: Danilo organized After Kosovo: A Project for Peace, a three-month project in Belgrade, Serbia, designed to bring together students from Kosovo and Serbia --- two communities largely isolated from each other --- to engage in dialogue and to challenge the prevailing air of prejudice, intolerance and misunderstanding
• Christopher Simpson '08, $2,500 grant: Christopher is working in Kenya with the Nakuru Theater Group using theater to provide AIDS education
• Yetta Ziolkowski '09, $2,500 grant: Yetta worked in New Orleans with Save the Children on further disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Summer 2006: Five grants were awarded in 2006, totaling $11,400. You can read more about the 2006 projects by clicking on each grant recipient's name:

• Rachel Goldstein '07, $2,400 grant: Worked as an intern for Prison Tails, a program that pairs dogs from animal shelters with inmates from a medium-security prison in Indiana.  As the inmate-handlers train and socialize their canine companions, preparing them for adoption into loving homes, the men gain valuable skills that help them succeed upon their release from prison
• Andrew Lapetina '07, $2,000 grant: Led a group of eight students from Princeton's chapter of Engineers-Without-Borders-USA to build and install an irrigation system in Kumudo, a small village in Ethiopia
• Wing Chun Eric Hui '09,  $2,000 grant: Member of  group of eight students from Princeton's chapter of Engineers-Without-Borders-USA to build and install an irrigation system in Kumudo, a small village in Ethiopia    
• Scott Lee *06, $2,500 grant:  Volunteered with community health center in rural Kenya developing a strategic plan and training the local staff in policy advocacy and financial and non-profit management
• Nicholas Macfarlane '08, $2,500 grant: Worked in Eastern Indonesia on a community driven marine sustainability service project

Summer 2005: Six grants were awarded in 2005, totaling $12,200:

• Devan Darby '06, $2,000 grant: Working in an infectious disease hospital and clinic in Mumbai, India, under the auspices of Child Family Health International
• Caroline English '08, $1,200 grant: Assisting the Global Village coordinator at Habitat for Humanity in Tanzania
• Joseph Falit '07, $2,000 grant: Interviewing clients and doing human rights research at the Harvard Immunization and Refugee Clinic at Greater Boston Legal Services
• Maital Friedman '07, $,2,000 grant: Working with the Kenya Women Finance Trust providing loans to women to expand existing businesses or underwrite innovative business ideas
• YuJung Kim '06, $3,000 grant: Participating in local employment initiatives with the Foundation for Sustainable Development and Espacio Solidario in LaPlata, Argentina
• Nathalie Moise '05, $2,000 grant: Teaching AIDS awareness and health promotion in Belize as part of the Pro Belize Service Corps NGO Internship Program

Summer 2004: Five grants of $2,000 each were awarded in 2004:

• Suneel Bhat '06: Constructing a school building in Bangane, India
• Zahir Kanjee '06: Working for the West African AIDS Foundation in Ghana
• Katherine Lu '05: Working for the Bushikori Christian Center in Uganda at a health clinic and orphans' program
• Andrea Wang '05: Teaching English in a rural community in Huangdu, China
• Grace Zamora '06: Teaching English in a WorldTeach program in Costa Rica
• Nathalie Moise '05, $2,000 grant: Teaching AIDS awareness and health promotion in Belize as part of the Pro Belize Service Corps NGO Internship Program

Summer 2003: Six awards were given in 2003, totaling $9,000.

• Mallika Ahluwalia '05, $1,000 grant: Teaching English, math and science to high school students in India
• Cynthia Arocho '04, $2,000 grant: Working with the Foundation for Sustainable Development in Nicaragua on an after-school program and computer classes for adults
• Ana Inés Garcia '04, $2,000 grant: Teaching in an Adult Literacy Center, Early Childhood Development Center, English Language School and Computer School in Kajoli, Bangladesh
• Jonas Jacobson '05, $1,000 grant: Working with the Public Defender's Office in Washington, D.C.
• Zahir Kanjee '06, $1,000 grant: Working on HIV/AIDS education and outreach with The Treatment Action Campaign in Capetown, South Africa
• Jana Macaleer '04, $2,000 grant: Working on HIV/AIDS outreach in Mbale, Uganda

Summer 2002: Four awards were given in 2002, totaling $8,000.

• Matthew Goldberg '04, $2,000 grant: Working with community health workers on street theater projects in Brazil
• Vanessa Snowden '04, $2,000 grant: Internship with the Foundation for Sustainable Development in Puno, Peru working for a local community development organization
• Kerry K. Song '04, $2,000 grant: Internship with Global Service Corporation in Tanzania working on HIV/AIDs prevention education
• Arthur R. Williams '04, $2,000 grant: Working with Pedro Kouri Health Institute in Havana, Cuba on community health issues

Summer 2001: Seven awards were given in 2001, totaling $9,000.

• Amy E. Anderson '01, $1,000 grant: Internship with nonprofit stuttering/research group, Hollins Communications Research Institute, working on software speech program
• Catherine Casey '02, $2,000 grant: Internship with Learning Bridge Norfolk, a Summerbridge Program in Norfolk, Virginia, teaching French and Spanish to middle school students
• Casey ("Rocky") Craley '04, $200 grant: Research Project in Dominica with Dr. Mark Flinn of the University of Missouri working on malnutrition studies and teaching computer skills to island children
• Natalie Deffenbaugh '02, $1,600 grant: Internship with Ghana Education Project in Ghana working as a librarian
• Calin Guet '97 and GS, $2,000 grant: Working to revamp high school curriculum on molecular biology in hometown of Sibiu, Romania
• Sudhir Nourn Lay '03, $2,000 grant: Volunteer with Global Service in Thailand educating Thai people about HIV/AIDs and working in a public health clinic
• Matthew Tanner '04, $200 grant: Research Project in Dominica with Dr. Mark Flinn of the University of Missouri working on malnutrition studies and teaching computer skills to island children

Summer 2000: Six Awards were given, totaling $10,800. There were 16 applications that year.

• Bria Coates '03, $2,000 grant: Working with the Sisters of St. Joseph and Australians for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)
• Brooke Jack 02, $1,000 grant: Environmental Education at Selva Verde Eco-Lodge
• Helen Beckler Marrow '00, $2,000-grant: Belize Summer Project (group application --- Latin America)
• Jennifer Morton '02, $2,400 grant: Summerbridge Internship teaching middle school students (San Francisco, California)
• Dana A, Satir '01, $1,400 grant: Summerbridge Internship teaching middle school students (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Benjamin J. West '01, $2,000 grant: Summerbridge Internship teaching writing to middle school children (Germantown, Pennsylvania)
• Summer 1999: Six awards were given in 1999, totaling $10,780. There were 31 applications that year.
• Teresa M. Méndez '00, $2,000 grant: Working with College Kids in San Francisco, CA, an organization that helps children from low-income communities get into college
• Russell W. Homan '02, $780 grant: Teaching a SAT preparatory course at Granbury High School, Granbury, Texas
• Jen Cannistra '01, $ 1,000 grant: Internship with Summerbridge in San Francisco, CA teaching math classes ("Beyond Algebra') to middle school children
• ChaRandle Jordan '99, $3,000 grant: Developing and teaching a "Summer Scholars Program" offering instruction in mathematics and writing to rising 10th grade students, Meridian High School, Meridian, Mississippi
• Laura B. Eichhorn '02, $2,000 grant: Developing a lab science course for deaf high school students attending the Mississippi School for the Deaf, Jackson, Mississippi
• Jane Liu '01, $2,000 grant: Internship with the Lao Family Community Development Program (San Francisco, CA)

Summer 1998: At our 20th Reunion we distributed grants to six recipients, totaling $13,300.