The Peter Wulff Center for Skill Development in Govindpuri, India was opened in 2024 to honor

the life and memory of humanitarian and educator, Peter Wulff (1978-2019), and to serve as an example to all who may get to know his legacy through the Center.

Peter was a teacher, social worker, and musician from the United States. He earned his undergraduate degree in English literature and a Master’s degree from the School of Education at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

 Peter dedicated his life to treating and counseling marginalized youth in the Chicagoland area.

His journey began as a Psychiatric Technician at Maryville Scott Nolan Center, a psychiatric hospital. Later, he became the Director of Education at Riveredge Hospital, a psychiatric facility, where he established a suicide prevention program.

 Peter utilized chess and music therapy in his counseling sessions with youth at Riveredge.

Known for his empathy, compassion, humility, humor, intellectual curiosity, and generosity, Peter left a lasting impact on all who knew him.

Peter was also a talented multi-instrumentalist, gifted songwriter, witty wordsmith and poet, and played in numerous rock bands throughout his life. You can listen to his original music at

 https://petewulff.bandcamp.com/.

The history of the relationship between Project Why and Board members goes back to 2008 when Nina Sethi was volunteering as a teacher tat Project Why. She noticed a bright little 4 year old girl, severely disfigured girl named Meher Hussain coming to the center. Nina wondered why Meher received no treatment for her burns. She realized there was no health insurance for people living in poverty. Nina knew her brother started a chess program combining education with service and philanthropy so Nina asked him to raise funds for Meher’s treatment. Meher underwent plastic surgery and education with funds raised from the Barrington chess program. Today Meher is 20 years old and hoping to enter medical school. The relationship continued over the years and later a computer center was established at Project Why to bring technology learning to about 330 youth at Project Why. More about Project Why and its impact at : https://projectwhy.org/

Here is a video of the center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmyDix4rvT0&t=16s&ab_channel=KiranFrey

https://www.uschess.org/index.php/March/Chess-Without-Borders-Charity-Computers.html

Achievements of Chess Without Borders

https://patch.com/illinois/barrington-il/student-social-entrepreneurs-honored

https://patch.com/illinois/barrington-il/chess-and-creativity

https://365barrington.com/2014/02/28/62-chess-without-borders-supports-girl-burned-new-delhi-india/