Every day the The Pollination Project engages in the intentional and purposeful act of seeding change through $1000 grants to projects and organizations across the globe. These grantees have a heart for seeing and solving social ills that plague communities, and they do it with passion and a staunch commitment towards change. This week we celebrate grantees who demonstrate the spirit needed for community engagement, capacity building, and social change from the environment to the elderly, from endangered animals to social enterprise --they exemplify the change we need and hope to see in the world.
Congratulations to our most recent grantees:
Victoria Bastidas, The Community Garden at Camel's Hump Farm, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An educational, sustainable, and adaptive reuse of farmland focused on providing garden space and advice on growing food to the local community.
Kay Wood, Planet Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A new radio show designed to inform the community about the environment as well as learn from local people.
Debi Cornwall, Beyond Gitmo, Brooklyn, New York. An unprecedented photographic view of alleged terrorists held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ("Gitmo") after they are freed.
Abene Rene Mbwoge, Fighting Food Insecurity, Mbenzoh Village, Cameroon. A project designed to empower needy mothers on how to combat hunger in their families by growing maize.
Ayé Fémi Cynthia Sara Idohou, Social Entrepreneurship Fair (SEF), Cotonou, Benin. Aims at promoting local products and services of the top 50 Social Enterprises in Benin, as well as engaging and educating young people in the area of social enterprise and the role it plays in creating employment.
Kandhasamy Antonysamy, Nursery Promotion, Naickanoor and Othaiyur District, India. Gives women and youth the knowledge, opportunities, and skills to transform their environment back to the green village it once was through establishing nurseries and selling seedlings for income.
Dave Wylie, Khanyisani: Through Music Our Communities Grow Stronger, Kwabombo area, South Africa. An organization committed to teaching music in rural schools.
Angeline Makore, Community Girls Club, Glenorah, Zimbabwe. Acts as a platform and a safe environment for girls and young women to interact, learn, and collaborate in social change activities.
Wunmi Cosmas, Winix Hope for the Old Foundation, Alimosho Local Government Area, Nigeria. Provides medical care, feeding programs, clothing, transportation, and other basic needs to the elderly.
Lilia Letsch, Wolf Patrol, Yellowstone Border, Montana. Uses video and social media to spread awareness about the hunting of Yellowstone wolves by outfitters and other hunters as well as shed light on the importance of protecting these wolves.
Do you have a project to change the world for the better? We accept grant applications for Pollination Project seed grants, every day of the year. We love learning about new changemakers and all they are doing to spread compassion, peace, environmental sustainability, generosity and justice all over the globe.