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...
by The Pollination Project | Apr 3, 2026 | Education, Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: Norwalk, California, USA Tanya Camburn is a filmmaker, storyteller, and founder who has spent her career at the intersection of immersive media and ethical technology. Her work has always been driven by a single conviction: that complex, urgent ideas...
by The Pollination Project | Mar 27, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Education, Environmental Regeneration, ShiftHappens
Location: Ogun State, NIGERIA Edidiong Okon Ekong has spent years watching her students arrive at Baptist Day School in Oke Odan, Ogun State, Nigeria, carrying something heavier than their backpacks — hunger. As a Teach for Nigeria fellow and dedicated educator in...
