Having a solid community is one of the most vital assets to our livelihood and forward progression. Being surrounded by people who affirm our strengths, potential and advocate for our human rights can change the outcome of our life experiences. As a child, receiving uplifting messaging, access to education, a clean environment and a route to financial freedom, is critical.<\/p>\n
TPP grantees are not only building projects and organizations to shift the world, but are also fostering a sense of unity in communities to grow forward together. Being part of a community which has a shared struggle or a similar milestone to celebrate is the key to continuous prosperity. Enjoy reading the projects below that are supplying endless solutions and joy for all circumstances!<\/p>\n
Green & Clean Justin<\/a> is a project created by Zambian based environmental advocate and journalist, Justin Mupundu. This work is based on the innovative conservation approach based on the sustainable green jobs known as Green Rangers. The project will empower local communities, handing over responsibilities related to conservation to the local communities with a privilege system so as to facilitate efficient, effective, equitable, and sustainable tools.<\/p>\n The Green Rangers will serve as role models to facilitate conservation projects, and effectively influence attitude -change. The project will use the power of Green & Clean Neighbor instinct and green stories of transformed environments and surroundings to influence attitude change and spearhead the green movement.<\/p>\n New Vision Academy<\/a> is a self-learning program for internally displaced children and school dropouts in southwest, Cameroon. Since 2016, over 500,000 people have been displaced in southwest and northwest Cameroon as a result of the Anglophone crisis that has plagued the country for three years. New Vision Academy was founded to take care of the educational needs of internally displaced children who have gone for up to three academic years without school.<\/p>\n Project leader, Agbor Miralish Ewube, is pained to see children loiter about every day without going to school. \u201cI understand that children are the leaders of tomorrow and without education their future is lost.\u201d The project will follow the Cameroon school curriculum, including psycho-social activities and personal security. Teachers will receive refresher training and some learning materials will be acquired to equip the learning structures.<\/p>\n Soulace Africa War Widows Development Scheme<\/a> is a community based veterans widow\u2019s empowerment initiative in Ibadan, Nigeria. This program is designed to advocate for social inclusion, sustainable income generation, and decent employment of veterans widow\u2019s in the community.<\/p>\n The Tree Planting project<\/a> is designed by John Mabula to sensitize his community and fellow Tanzanians about environmental conservation, tree planting, and a clean environment. This work includes sensitizing and training individuals on how to plant, grow, and protect trees in Ruvu, North Forest Reserve, Tanzania.<\/p>\n The Rural Education and Literacy (REL) Project<\/a> is an initiative of community Outreach for Educational Change (COEC), a non-profit organization founded by long time professional teacher, Swanta Blessing Bonat. COEC\u2019s work is aimed at influencing the educational processes for improved outcomes, especially for children in rural and low-income households who are at the mercy of a decaying public education system. COEC\u2019s firm belief is that no child should be left behind as every child deserves a quality education irrespective of his or her social status and geographical location.<\/p>\n The Pollination Project grant would enable COEC to set up a literacy centre that is focused on teaching individuals, both young and old, English skills.<\/p>\n Pasay Pups Kids\u2019 Program<\/a> operates in Pasay Municipal Cemetery in the Philippines, where approximately 100 families and 400 children live amongst the graves. The children in this area live in extreme poverty, with no running water, electricity or sanitation. Many do not attend school and families scavenge food from the trash just to survive. Pasay Pups runs a weekly kids\u2019 program that aims to provide the children with a positive space where they can learn, be inspired and be empowered.<\/p>\n The program provides lessons on math, writing, and reading, and basic life skills, along with opportunities to partake in crafts and games; ultimately giving kids the space to be kids in a positive environment.<\/p>\n Skills Impactation through School Gardening<\/a> \u2013 also known as Garden in Wheels \u2013 is an initiative being carried out by Nojang Dominic Nojang, Coordinator of School Unique CIG, a comprehensive basic and vocational education project based in Batoke, Limbe, Cameroon. This initiative will train youths on how to develop a vegetable garden in very limited space using old car tires.<\/p>\n The project is being tailored to teach poor and vulnerable children, especially those who have been internally displaced due to the current socio-political crisis facing the two English speaking regions of Cameroon, on how to effectively maintain a vegetable garden in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner.<\/p>\n Nojang was inspired to do this work as the Cameroonian crisis displaced a large number of youth and thus he saw an opportunity to bring them together and renew their hope through sustainable agriculture. Funds will enable him to gather the vegetable seedlings as well as other materials needed for the training.<\/p>\n MyFarmbase AgriTech Lab<\/a> is a 2-day class and field immersive training session is hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, which unearths the opportunities using technology in agribusiness and how youths can leverage them to create sustainable income for themselves. The training will embrace role plays, scenario building, and real-life use cases. It is designed to be as enlightening as possible of the steps to start and run a successful agric-tech enterprise as well as critical steps to land an agric-tech job locally and internationally. This is in a bid to cut down on youth unemployment and promote youth engagement in agriculture.<\/p>\n This grant will help MyFarmbase to secure a training space and materials needed to train selected youths.<\/p>\n The Clean Coastal Area for Sustainable Development<\/a> in Cameroon project aims at cleaning, sorting, and documenting waste collected from the beach area of Limbe, Southwest, Cameroon while creating awareness on the hazards of environmental pollution and serving as an eye-opener for other civil society organization. This initiative is part of the Association for Community Awareness \u2013 ASCOA. ASCOA will organize a workshop during the celebration of the 2019 International Coastal Clean-up Day with the local population along the area.<\/p>\n This work is important as the community has seen an increase in the accumulation of litter and water along the coastline, causing environmental pollution and community health problems. The area is one of the most popular tourism sites, with it being the most visited beaches of national and international individuals for leisure and research. ASCOA is inspired to engage in this work as environmental protection is one of their largest focus areas. In all, the workshop, media sensitization, and the purchase of working tools will allow them to achieve their goals.<\/p>\n Fair World is a non-profit organization operating in Benin with the vision to contribute to a fair and just world. They work in various fields that match with various sustainable development goals \u2013 SDG. The No More Disparities Between Students in City and Rural Area<\/a> project consists in providing learning materials to students aligns with with the SDG 4, which ensures an inclusive and equitable quality education that promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all.<\/p>\n Schools located in Benin\u2019s rural areas don\u2019t have the same educational facilities as those in the city, where all students, regardless of location, take the same exams.<\/p>\n Ndobegang Sylvanus, a humanitarian worker, is the initiator of the Reclaim Livelihoods project<\/a>. The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon has severely fractured the livelihoods of over 550,000 people, who are now internally displaced. This conflict \u2013 which became an armed confrontation between the central government and non-state armed groups \u2013 started almost two years ago in late 2017.<\/p>\n Sylvanus is working with Digeng Saraphine, an IDP, to help restore hope and sustainable livelihoods for young girls, whom are one of the most vulnerable segment of the displaced and affected population, in the remote villages of Lebialem, of Southwest Cameroon<\/p>\n Beat the Bottle<\/a> is an initiative aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution in communities in and around the city of Buea, South West, Cameroon. Through education and awareness raising about the harmful effects of plastic waste pollution, the project will organize local communities to take an active role in waste collection and management. Households in the targeted communities, along with local businesses and primary and secondary schools, will receive education and be provided the necessary resources to collect, sort, and store plastic waste for monthly pickups. The collected waste will be picked up by volunteers and channeled to partner organizations for recycling.<\/p>\n This approach tackles the problem at its source, drastically reducing the amount of plastic litter that ends up on street corners, in storm drainage, streams, drainage ditches and eventually into the ocean.<\/p>\n The approach engages youth and local community members in education and cleanup of plastic on their streets, waterways and beaches, which helps develop a culture of ownership and accountability as they play an active role in the cleanup of their surrounding environments.<\/p>\n Open Cages UK inspire people to stand up for farm animals who are treated cruelly and literally cannot stand up for themselves. According to recent studies, chickens show empathy and use long-term memory to solve problems and build relationships. Even knowing this information, each year over one billion chickens in the UK endure severe pain and stress in filthy intensive factory farms to become cheap meat. Open Cages UK seeks to prevent farmed animal suffering.<\/p>\nAgbor Miralish Ewube, Ako Achare Cicilia \u2013 New Vision Academy<\/h2>\n
Peter Adeeko \u2013 War Widows Development Scheme<\/h2>\n
Tree Is Life \u2013 Tree Planting<\/h2>\n
John will recruit community volunteers, student groups, specialized organizations, and community leaders to engage a well-rounded group of people.<\/h2>\n
Community Outreach For Educational Change \u2013 Rural Education And Literacy (REL) Project<\/h2>\n
Pasay Pups \u2013 Pasay Pups Kids\u2019 Program<\/h2>\n
The Unique School Project, Batoke \u2013 Skills Impactation Through School Gardening<\/h2>\n
Aliu Oluwafemi Royal \u2013 MyFarmbase AgriTech Lab<\/h2>\n
Association For Community Awareness \u2013 Clean Coastal Area For Sustainable Development In Cameroon<\/h2>\n
Fair World ONG \u2013 No More Disparities Between Students In City And Rural Area<\/h2>\n
Ndobegang Sylvanus, Digeng Saraphine \u2013 Reclaiming Livelihoods In Fontem, Cameroon<\/h2>\n
Ada Acobta, Azah Abanda, C. Onya, F. Lydia \u2013 Beat The Bottle<\/h2>\n
Open Cages UK \u2013 Stand With Chickens \u2013 #StandWithChickens<\/h2>\n