by Milena Fraccari | May 7, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
Rose is from Cameroon, has a university degree in history, and is a survivor of human trafficking. She was sold as a slave by her cousin with a promise of a teaching job in Kuwait that turned into a nightmare of human exploitation. When she finally was able to return...
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...
by Milena Fraccari | Mar 5, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
March 8th is International Women’s Day, and this week we are celebrating all our female changemakers. In the last seven years, 1,800 women and girls have joined the global community of Pollination Project changemakers. Coming from different countries and cultures,...
by The Pollination Project | Feb 12, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
When he was 10, Jacob Cramer lost one of his favorite people on earth: his grandfather. After the grief and pain began to subside, he thought of how many seniors just like his grandfather were isolated and alone. He decided to honor his grandfather by volunteering at...