by The Pollination Project | May 22, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, Climate Resilience, ShiftHappens
Location: Nairobi, KENYA John Nyabwari Nyambane Jr. grew up watching drought devastate farming families across Kenya’s semi-arid regions, a cycle of hunger, livestock loss, and dependency that repeated itself with increasing severity each year. Rather than...
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 | May 1, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Health and Wholeness, ShiftHappens
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Kika Jackson has always believed that healing begins close to the ground. As the founder of Kika’s House, a grassroots wellness and economic mobility organization rooted in West Charlotte, she has spent years building...
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,...
