Happy Arnold

by | Sep 26, 2003 | Grant Advisors

Happy Arnold has newly been appointed as The Pollination Project (TPP) Grant Advisor. Arnold holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Cultural Studies from the University of Malawi and Diploma in Journalism from The Polytechnic. He has been working with different institution and currently he is an affiliate of One Young World (OWY) as an Ambassador, Climate Change Champion under the UK Wilton Park and serves as a Public Relation and Communication Board Member for Business of Truth Africa under World Learning.

In 2015, Arnold Founded a nonprofit making youth led organisation called Youth in Agriculture for Economic Development (YAED). Growing up in neighborhood mixed economic classes, extreme poverty and retard food and nutrition security compounded by climate change, Happy felt he is opportune to make change in Malawi’s community especially for youth based in rural areas. Through YAED he advocates and creates an empowered and informed youth and women to meaningfully contribute to social economic development, address climate change, nutrition and food security. The organisation started championing a change for the lives of rural communities through agricultural innovative projects dedicating his time to change the lives of Malawi people.

YEAD further runs Solar Powered Irrigation Scheme for multiplication of improved varieties of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP). The project aims at ending poverty and improving nutrition status of young women and youth. The project further better nutrition resulting from improved dietary diversity and improved health for both adults and children. The beneficiaries are trained in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Production, food products production and facilitate the marketing of surplus produce.
Before forming YAED, Arnold worked with Malawi24 as a Senior Reporter and The Malawi Star Online News Publication as a Managing Editor.

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In the heart of Nkwen Bamenda III Sub Division, Northwest region of Cameroon, the pilot project "Youth and Visual Arts Activism for Social Change" unfolded at Teken Quarter Youth Community Hall. This initiative, running from January to April 2023, targeted fifteen disadvantaged youths—including school dropouts, drug addicts, and other vulnerable groups. The project, supported by a The Project Project grant, was launched by the Collective Arts Development Association (CADA), which provided six art facilitators. These experts delivered extensive training in various artistic skills, from sketching and drawing on canvas boards to graphic design and T-shirt printing.

Participants were introduced to the fundamentals of colors, composition, and proportions, along with practical applications in screen printing on diverse materials like jeans, nylon, and polyester. The primary goal of the project was to leverage art and social entrepreneurship as viable alternatives to drug use, abuse, crime, and poverty in the local community. Furthermore, the project included an outreach program involving sixth-grade pupils from the Government Primary School in Teken Quarter.

The success of this pilot paved the way for a flagship initiative titled "Empowering Marginalized Youths through Life Skill Education Art and Entrepreneurship Skill Development." This ongoing program offers six-month intensive training sessions to thirty disadvantaged youths, teaching them not only visual and graphic arts but also audio-visual skills and crafts essential for economic independence and social inclusion. Moreover, the program includes mental health education, counseling, rehabilitation strategies, and connects participants with mental health professionals as needed, continuing to transform lives thanks to the foundational support of the The Pollination Project grant.

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WINNERS!!
Our grantees Manjushree Abhinav and Aanchal Raturi won the Swarnali Roy Vegan Advocacy Awards 2024 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 

Manjushree received a grant for her project "My planet and my plate", inspiring students to become climate activists themselves, to plant the seed of change into the hearts and minds of students, hoping that these seeds will sprout into far-reaching effects. 

Aanchal founded Project Re-Learn, conducting workshops in Uttaranchal colleges to sensitize future agriculturists about ethical practices. 

Join us in congratulating these two incredible heartivists! 🧡 

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🌟 Volunteer Week 🌟  Celebrating our family of Grant Advisors!

Today we celebrate our grant advisors dedicated to #animalprotection .

🔸 April King (Montenegro/United States) 
🔸 Elphas Ongongo (Kenya) 
🔸 Mohini Sharma (India) 
🔸 Evans Okumu (Kenya) 
🔸 Fernanda García Naranjo Ortega (Mexico)
🔸 Leandro Franz (Brazil) 
🔸 Jeremy Gregory (United States)
🔸 Kate Luke (Australia)
🔸 Andrew Alexander (United States) 

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