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...

TPP Grant Recipient Jude Thaddues is a youth leader with over half a decade of experience on issues of Human Rights, Gender and Youth Participation. While in secondary school, Jude started an initiative called Youth for Equality: a student initiative that raised...

Tara is an ethical vegan who advocates for the animals and all beings and is a voice for those who can’t speak. She is a proud facilitator for The World Peace Diet as taught by Dr. Will Tuttle. She is honored to be a part of anything that connects people to light and...

TPP Grant Recipient Matthew is dedicated to ending middle school bullying one student at a time. When his younger brother was bullied at their middle school, Mathew wanted ‘somebody’ to do ‘something’ about it. The summer of his 8th grade year, he created The Be ONE...

TPP Grant Recipient Mary-Justine Todd, an international humanitarian expert consultant, with more than ten years of experience, has a Master's Degree in International Public Health, from New York University, as well as a Master's of Arts in International Studies, from...

TPP Grant Recipient Maulidi Hamisi Mwinyikai is from Mtongwe, Mombasa and has professional experience as a trained Environmental Activist, a renowned art and development practitioner in community development, health care, and team building. In 2000 Maulidi was trained...

TPP Grant Recipient Mbusa Bahweribugha Eric is the Founder and Programs Director of MUB – Home Foundation. MUB – Home Foundation is a Community Based Organization for women working to improve the living conditions of the under privileged community members who in their...

TPP Grant Recipient     Leslie brings more than 16 years of innovative program development and management in non-profits, education, government and the private sector. Specializing in new program development, she has extensive experience in...

TPP Grant Recipient Miriam is passionate about empowering unprivileged youth, especially girls from the informal settlements through information and computer technology, "ICT". She believes that we are all equals but we don’t get the same opportunities. She says, “I...

TPP Grant Recipient Liz Buechele is the Founder and Executive Director of The Smile Project. In 2011, Liz Buechele started writing down what made her happy. One "Happiness is" at a time. This practice of daily joy grew into The Smile Project. She has worked for...

TPP Grant Recipient Thomas Ponce is a young animal rights advocate and a citizen lobbyist  form Casselberry, FL. Thomas is the founder of  Lobby For Animals,  the Coordinator for Fin Free FL, and director of Harley’s Home www.HarleysHome.org. Thomas became a...

TPP Grant Recipient Tony Joy is a social entrepreneur and a creative by passion. She has 5 years of experience in the non-profit sector working majorly with adolescents, youths, children, women in underserved communities and marginalized groups. She is the founder of...

Simeon has 9 years experience in working with NGOs and early stage start-ups. He has, in various capacities; assisted organizations develop strategic plans, marketing strategies, training manuals, and conference moderation and facilitation. His work is driven by the...

TPP Grant Recipient Sophia Hanson is co-founder of the National Youth Foundation (NYF). A 2017 Pollination Grant recipient, NYF works with players from the NBA and NFL to promote kindness, inclusion and gender equity through student literary projects. NYF also created...

TPP Grant Recipient Victor Sjodin was raised in the New York area, and got his start as a community organizer in Philadelphia, working campaigns such as: Book through Bars, Critical Mass bike rides, and Food Not Bombs; fundraising for political prisoners; Humane...

TPP Grant Recipient I was born into an amazing family and life with little resources and constrained life opportunities that left me wanting. Safety, food, education: these have always been absent to me. It was in my studies of social problems in Kenya and my...

Stephanie has always had a great love for animals, participating as a foster parent for stray dogs and volunteering with various programs aimed to help the welfare of pets. After connecting her love for animals with her food choices, she began to open her heart to...

TPP Grant Recipient Steve Barr is a professional cartoonist and the author of the "1-2-3 Draw Cartoon" series from Peel Productions. He also wrote and illustrated "Draw Crazy Creatures" and "Draw Awesome Animals" for Impact Books. Steve is a Pollination Project...

TPP Grant Recipient Susan Silber grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and Orange County, interspersed with healthy doses of nature through frequent trips all over the United States, and graduated with a B.A. in History from U.C. Santa Cruz. She merged her twin...

TPP Grant Recipient Suzan is a native of Lango Region, Northern Uganda, where she has worked in the fields of Social Change and Community Development over the years. After working for some NGOs, Suzan co-founded Solidarity Uganda and has worked internationally...

TPP Grant Recipient Nathan is currently a resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Chicago. He has experience partnering with clinics in South Africa to use text messaging to help people living with HIV or Tuberculosis stay healthy. More broadly, he is...