TPP Grant Recipient Maria Maneos earned her Bachelor's of Fine Art Degree from Arcadia University located in Glenside, Pa and accomplished her Masters of Fine Art Degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts located in Philadelphia, PA. Her paintings have...

TPP Grant Recipient Sole has been working at SOMOS Semilla since 2015, with a big mission: spread to the community the love for seeds and the importance of seed saving for biodiversity preservation. SOMOS Semilla brings education and food sovereignty to the community,...

Hayu is a founder of Mantasa, an NGO that works on creating food and nutrition sovereignty by utilization of plant biodiversity in Indonesia. Hayu has been working in the field of edible wild plants since 2002 when her thesis on mangrove for food was rejected several...

TPP Grant Recipient Selassie Tay is a professional with vast experience in business management and development, operations management, microfinance, and social entrepreneurship in Ghana. He also has experience in training and providing access to venture capital to...

TPP Grant Recipient Dr. Shenika Jackson, born and raised in Chicago’s Englewood Community, is an advocate for minority high school students and working adults. In 2016, Dr. Jackson created a college-readiness project called: My College Going Self, a project designed...

An ethical vegan, Catherine Perry teaches French and Francophone literatures, cultures, and film at the University of Notre Dame, where she also serves as advisor to the fledgling student club VegND, created in 2015. Passionate about social justice, human rights,...

Derek Young is a veteran CSR/Sustainability and communications professional with nearly 17 years of experience. He is recognized as a thought leader capable of working across industries, analyzing and determining needs and opportunities for value creation and building...

Desire Johnson-Forte is an Oakland native who received her B.A in English from Mills College (Creative Writing) and minor in Ethnic Studies. Between her full time work and passion oriented consulting: she uses shared narrative to transform the possibilities society...

Doom Mavis Ikyaator is a graduate of BSc. Chemistry and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and in Education. She works to promote the rights and empowerment of the girl child. She is currently the Executive Director of Global Initiative for...

Kunle is the co-founder of THE EDUCATE AFRICA PROJECT, a social enterprise that makes learning the STEM subjects’ fun in Nigeria and Africa. He recently launched a Mathematics fun club for more than 60 pupils in government underfunded and underserved communities in...

Ijeoma Nmeregini popularly known as Aijay Desmond is a Nigerian-born award-winning singer, a song writer, and a licensed Medical Laboratory Scientist with over a decade of experience in Laboratory Medicine. Ijeoma runs a non-profit in Nigeria known as Be-In-Health...

Alisha Golden is the founder of Do Something Epic Agency. A lifestyle, brand strategy, marketing, and management firm for conscious people, brands, and organizations. Alisha's passion for people, combined with her keen marketing sense and love for business, has...

Clement is the Founder-President of Global Compassion, a non-profit based organization in Douala, Cameroon. Global Compassion has worked with an international and local team of volunteers/interns (including visitors from UK, Cameroon and USA) to create and develop...

Amy is a social justice advocate. She strives to be a locavore and delights in climbing coconut trees and sharing food from her garden. Amy is continually inspired by TPP applicants and is honored to collaborate with the Matungu Community Development Charity, in rural...

Anna Farquhar has worked as an Elementary teacher for the last 23 years. During this time she has taught a variety of subjects including French and Science. Five years ago, she moved to a new school named after Lt. General Roméo Dallaire and was fortunate enough to...

Anne holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies with extensive working experience in the non profit sector. She has worked in multicultural environments in Africa and South America. She is the Founder of a Nigerian based non-governmental...

Batale Fred graduated as a visual artist from university, where he acquired various knowledge, skills and experience in working with different creative methods. His artistic practices deals with themes of disability empowerment, rights, and advocacy. Given the...

I was born in Kiambu, Kirenga village in a family of 5 children: 3 brothers and 1 sister. Both of my parents were, and still are, farmers. Even if we didn't have a lot, my parents believed that education is very important to everyone. After attending a local primary...

Elle Morgan's diverse experience ranges from being a counselor at a youth wilderness center, a teacher at an inner city arts/career learning center and a newspaper and magazine writer. As a freelance writer she covers topics on health and wellness, spirituality, and...

Elli Weisbaum grew up in the world of education and mindfulness, attending her first mindfulness retreat at the age of 10. In high-school she began creating and co-facilitating workshops with her mother for parents and at-risk youth that used mindfulness as a basis...

Felipe is an anthropologist with wide experience in the hospitality industry managing companies in Colombia, Ecuador and United States. After many years in this industry, he left to find fulfillment in Asia, as he felt life was more than a supposedly successful...

Fred Batale graduated as a visual artist from Makerere University, where he acquired knowledge, skills and experience in working with different creative methods. His artistic practices deal with themes of disability empowerment, rights, and advocacy. Given the...

Iweka Kingsley is the Author of DAPPLED THINGS and the Founder of Africa-OnTheRise, an online media platform that monitors, analyses and publishes ONLY positive and progressive content on Africa, for which he received a Pollination Project grant. He believes that...

TPP Grant Recipient Jenna is an event coordinator, humane educator, and solutionary (a solution-oriented individual who consistently endeavors to create healthy, compassionate, and regenerative communities). Making the decision to be vegetarian at the age of 5, Jenna...

TPP Grant Recipient Jenny Nuccio is the Founder and President of Imani Collective—a non-profit woman-empowerment program focused on defeating generational poverty through education and employment opportunities in Mombasa, Kenya and surrounding communities. The...

TPP Grant Recipient In 1994, when I was about 7 years old, my parents left the village to settle in the City due to the civil war unrest in Northern Uganda. From that time until 2010 when I returned home, I lived away from my home. While away, I earned a Bachelor’s...