by The Pollination Project | Jul 24, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Davis, CA, USA “Can AI-supported humane education spark enough curiosity to make it more engaging in a technology-centered world?” Julielani Chang, founder of The Life of Kai: Compassion Connections Inc., has spent the past year testing that...
by The Pollination Project | Jul 17, 2026 | Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Maharashtra, INDIA Shrishail Basveshwar Birajdar knows what it means to grow up without books. He came of age surrounded by violence, crime, and drug abuse, and it was the simple act of listening to stories at school that changed the direction of his life....
by The Pollination Project | May 15, 2026 | Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Huye District, Southern Province, RWANDA Aime Ishimwe knows what it feels like to navigate the path to higher education without a guide. Growing up in rural Rwanda, he experienced firsthand the barriers that keep talented students from reaching their full...
by The Pollination Project | May 8, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Education, ShiftHappens
Location: Kanutara District, SRI LANKA Hansa De Soysa has always believed that the best classroom has no ceiling. As the founder of Nerds Against the Odds (NATOS), a volunteer-led organisation based in Sri Lanka, he has spent years finding ways to bring meaningful,...
by The Pollination Project | Apr 24, 2026 | artistic expression, Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: Kyiv, UKRAINE Sofiia Klymovych is an artist living in Kyiv who knows firsthand what it means to carry the weight of war. That personal experience, rather than distancing her from the crisis around her, became the foundation of a project rooted in empathy,...
