by The Pollination Project | Jun 5, 2026 | Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: Zhytomyr region, UKRAINE Yulia Honyshnuk has spent years tending to the library of Haliivka, a small rural village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. For most people, a village library might suggest quiet shelves, aging volumes, and the occasional solitary...
by The Pollination Project | May 29, 2026 | Empowerment of Women and Girls, Health and Wholeness, Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: RWANDA Yesterday, the world marked Menstrual Hygiene Day, a global call to end the stigma and silence that still surround menstruation. But for Leonce Hirwa, a 25 year old medical student from Rwanda, this fight started long before any international...
by The Pollination Project | May 22, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, Climate Resilience, ShiftHappens
Location: Nairobi, KENYA John Nyabwari Nyambane Jr. grew up watching drought devastate farming families across Kenya’s semi-arid regions, a cycle of hunger, livestock loss, and dependency that repeated itself with increasing severity each year. Rather than...
by The Pollination Project | May 15, 2026 | Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Huye District, Southern Province, RWANDA Aime Ishimwe knows what it feels like to navigate the path to higher education without a guide. Growing up in rural Rwanda, he experienced firsthand the barriers that keep talented students from reaching their full...
by The Pollination Project | May 8, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Kanutara District, SRI LANKA Hansa De Soysa has always believed that the best classroom has no ceiling. As the founder of Nerds Against the Odds (NATOS), a volunteer-led organisation based in Sri Lanka, he has spent years finding ways to bring meaningful,...
