Three Luther students received Davis Peace Prize funding

The Davis Projects for Peace program.has awarded $10,000 grants to three Luther College students.  Luther College students Ervin Liz, class of 2016; Mahadeva Illanco Kavindra, class of 2015; and Noorullah Zafari, class of 2015, were selected to have their projects funded.

Liz will be traveling to his homeland in the Tierradentro region of Columbia. He will work with the Nasa Indigenous People in San Adres on building a greenhouse as the base of study for endangered agricultural plant species. Within the region, 20 families will also be asked to cultivate the seeds produced in the greenhouse on their private lands.

Kavindra and Zafari will travel to the Northern province of Sri Lanka, Kavindra's homeland. They will offer assistance to children still suffering from the fallout of a bloody civil war that ravaged the country until 2009 and left thousands orphaned.  They will visit two schools, Sivabhoomi Arakkatalai and Muththuthambi Vidyalayam, and will help construct a playground and functional bathrooms, as well as providing counseling for students dealing with stress from traumatic situations.