by Milena Fraccari | Jul 8, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, an ancient culture is struggling to survive. The Sapara people are one of many groups fighting to preserve their roots, and their heritage is at risk of vanishing completely. Rubén Díaz, a Quito-based artist, is not willing to sit back...
by The Pollination Project | May 14, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
“From the highway all I can see is the road, but I know that beyond this lies camps with tents and portable boxes and people who still live in limbo, waiting to know their futures. And that’s the thing about someone who witnesses that reality: once you know, you have...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 15, 2021 | ShiftHappens
One person can’t make a difference. – 7.8 billion people At The Pollination Project, we often say that the greatest untapped resource for social change is the potential for goodness within each human heart. I’ve lived long enough to know that one person can not...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 9, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
Millions of women and girls in the world have little or no sanitary protection. Lack of affordability or access to period products, together with cultural taboos, cause extreme distress leaving women with no choice but to use unhealthy, unhygienic, and potentially...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 1, 2021 | ShiftHappens
The New York winter was beginning and I had just made a decision that was going to change life as I knew it. After a deep and prolonged time of contemplation, I came to a realisation – I had grown as much as I was going to grow as a monk. The time had come to...
