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Turning Point Resolutions, TPR Development Center, Seeta, Uganda
Thank you The Pollination Project for funding the girls and women project. Our first month was amazing after receiving the funds. Participants have begun tailoring, producing energy saving brickets, money purses and jewelry buskets using recycled paper. We are looking...
Caroline Chepkorir, CarBie Natural Beauty, Nakuru, Kenya
The pollination project has greatly motivated me in this pursuit of raising awareness of use of natural beauty products . First for believing in me and showing me i am doing a worthwhile project. Secondly by offering me this grant as a financial support,this enabled...
Crystal Martin, First 2 Finish, Chicago, IL, USA
This grant made such a huge impact on my motivations to do this work. First2Finish was a dream I had as a counselor, to offer superb postsecondary counseling and increase access to higher education for students who may not otherwise receive this support from their...
Mona Yadav, Sahas, New Delhi, India
I started Sahas last year without any financial assistance, solely on the belief that this work is needed, and I never really thought that someone will fund my idea and dream. Being a young girl from India, getting the Pollination Project grant was huge for me, as it...
Victor Odhiambo Wasonga, Leadership Development And Entrepreneurship, Nairobi, Kenya
The initial seed grant has helped help our project train 50 youths from Kibera slum on leadership and entrepreneurship skills. Jane Anyango Say a beneficiary of the Initial seed grant says. " After graduating from high school, my parents could not continue paying my...
Christopher Dainton, Medical Service Trip, Toronto, Canada
The Pollination Project grant has provided financial support, but even more importantly, encouragement and motivation for us to continue our current work. The publicity and legitimacy afforded by the Pollination Project has been invaluable, and we have been excited to...
Mary Akutu, Sweet Potatoes: A Woman’s Crop For Vihiga County, Vihiga County, Kenya
The TPP seed grant made a big difference. We were able to train 100 women smoothly and effectively and buy the needed material for the trainings. Before this grant, women in these communities were not able to produce enough food for their families due to lack of...
Tsechu Dolma, Building Climate Change Resilience In Nepal’s Himalayas, Mustang, Nepal
Our work funded by TPP has allowed us to fortify our local food system, expand local ownership and enhance community resiliency. It is a small project compared to larger development projects, but it is a viable opportunity that makes a huge impact in our community. As...
Felix Iziomoh, Mowe Youth Leadership Empowerment Project, Ogun, Nigeria
Due to budget constraints, most of our leadership development trainings had always been in Lagos State Nigeria. With the support of the Pollination Project, we were able expand and successfully held a four week leadership development training for vulnerable youths in...
Edelson Arano Dulang, Mobilizing Youth For Environmental Protection And Rehabilitation, Lanao del Norte, Phillipines
Our partnership with The Pollination Project has been a big help not only in our village but also to the neighboring village, where we expanded the planting of mangrove seedlings. The Philippines are experiencing more than twenty typhoons every year due to climate...
William Bynum, Oroville Pollinators Project, Oroville, CA, USA
The TTP grant has been an honor for our small group of volunteers. It has validated our efforts to create a sanctuary for insect pollinators and human visitors in our community. The monies received have made it possible to extend our efforts through the purchase of...
Alex Omondi, Child Destiny Foundation (Village Clinic), Nairobi, Kenya
First and foremost, the Pollination project is the mother, mentor and long serving partner of the child destiny foundation since, grants from the TPP were the first ever grants received by our project since inception. The grants has greatly played a huge role in...
Harry Behrens, Impact Harvest Garden, Vineland, NJ, USA
The confidence that The Pollination Project imparted on our project and the mission we lead has been a boost in our morale as an organization. At times our mission seems to be futile in that there are just so many families in need and we are just a small organization...
Karen Snook, Kindred Spirits Care Farm, Los Angeles, CA, USA
We are so grateful for the support of the Pollination Project. You were one of the first organizations to support us and help get this project rolling. Your continued support has helped create something that inspires people and will help change lives. This work has...
Tisha M Bernard, I Choose Peace, Los Angeles, CA, USA
This summer we had an amazing opportunity to run the I Choose Peace Academy camp with 20 youth, ages 11-13. Each day was filled with team building activities, skills for conflict resolution, mindfulness techniques, bully education and tools for prevention. The youth...
Aimee Dunkle, The Solace Foundation of Orange County, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
With the help and support from the TPP the Solace Foundation of Orange County has been able to record over 1,000 overdose reversals. Our success has led to a partnership with our local health care agency, which will means that even more lives will be saved in Orange...
Adam Dolezal, Dine Action Camp, Berkeley, CA, USA
Unfortunately the resistance at Standing Rock did not stop the Dakota Access Pipeline as oil now flows through it, but the vast activist networks that emerged out of such an unprecedented convergence of people acting to protect the water has fanned out across this...
Thell Robinson III, Violence And Mediation, Columbus, OH, USA
Our Violence Intervention and Intervention program was able to perform 20 disputes among rival gang members and drug dealers that prevented fights, shootings and homicides that saved lives. With our 3 community events that we hosted this year, we were able to employ...
Brian Vegah Viyof, Pass Over The Seed (POTS) Project, Bamenda, Cameroon
We want to appreciate your support and it is thanks to your funding that mushroom cultivation has been introduced in the SW region - Buea to be precised and it is thanks to your funding that we had to sign partnership and mentor students at the Pan African Institute...
Beatrice Nyambura Wahu, Twashukuru Eco Friendly School, Lamu Island, Kenya
We are serving the poorest families in Lamu and it makes our heart swell with pride to know that we can offer their children a free education in a bright, colorful, and inspirational setting. We strive to provide quality education focusing on the arts, the...
Doree Collins, Kids R.E.A.D., Temple, TX, USA
The grant made a difference to me on a personal level because it encouraged me in knowing that I am receiving support from others who are like minded and want to see great things happen. As I see others making a difference with the pollination project I am motivated...
Melanie Gilbert, Street Mutts, Nicaragua
On a personal level, our grant from The Pollination Project meant so much more than "just" receiving funding for our first international partnership. It meant that there was an organization out there who could see value in the work we are doing and was willing to take...
Lynn Douglas, The Visionary Institute Summer Camp for Girls, Greensboro, NC, USA
Our program serves underserved populations of students (most attend Title-I high schools) that would not otherwise have the opportunity to receive college preparation at no cost to them. Two of our main goals for this program was assist the girls in creating a...
Nora Ramirez, Oaxaqueño Youth Encuentro, SCICON – Tulare County, CA
With the support of the TPP, the organizing committee was able to invite a larger number of youths to the conference. This grant allowed us to invite youths from other regions that never before have been invited. Providing a safe space were youths can come together to...
Carly Wilson, Rubber Jellyfish – The movie, Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast, Australia
Receiving a seed grant from the Pollination Project made me realise in a deeper way than I had before that there are people out there who believe in what I am doing and want to support me. Film making can be a lonely exercise. A lot of time is spent behind a computer,...
Priscilla Umutashya Ruzibuka, Ki-pepeo kids clothing, Kigali, Rwanda
The $1000 grant from the pollination project was entirely used to buy high quality fabric and purchasing a finishing machine. To me the grant added my confidence knowing that people and organizations like The Pollination Project are ready to support young...
Volunteer Empowerment
Explore how our mindset and approach impact the recruitment, structure and sustainability of our volunteer programs with Nicole Huguenin. Read over peer grantees comments, questions, and presenters answers here.
Vasanthi Kumar, Compassionate Classrooms, New Delhi, India
The Pollination Project grant has been one of the most encouraging things that has happened to my project "Compassionate Classrooms" in India. It was my first seed grant and I shall always remember it with warmth. Meeting Ariel Nessel, the founder of TPP, at the Pune...
Mariia Kalashnik, The Strawberry Project, Nógrád, Nagylóc, Hungary
The grant made an great impact on me and my work as well as on the team of local and international volunteers who were involved in the project. At first it gave the empowerment, and the feeling of the importance of what we are doing. At second it united many people...
Harriet Kamashanyu, Rhythm of Life, Kampala, Uganda
The work that has been accomplished in this project has given us many learning lessons to take on while scaling up. It has also leveraged partners that we can continue working with on this same project though in other locations and other beneficiaries.























