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,...
by The Pollination Project | Apr 17, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Environmental Regeneration, ShiftHappens
Location: Chongwe District, Lusaka Province, ZAMBIA Hope Matoomana Mkunte grew up watching trees disappear. Across Chongwe District, where agriculture and charcoal production have stripped hillsides bare for decades, the land he knew as a child has grown thinner,...
by The Pollination Project | Apr 10, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Location: Lombardy, Ontario, CANADA Liz Wheeler has spent years listening to animals that most people never think twice about. As the founder of Secondhand Stories, a chicken sanctuary nestled in Lombardy, Ontario, she built her life around the belief that farmed...
