Author Stephen Richards has been quoted writing the following wise words, “When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.” Our grantees at The Pollination Project are addressing these disturbances, disorders and disarrays on a daily basis all around the globe. They know that with a positive outlook and understanding of a situation that good things can come. Unique and unorthodox wellness practices give those in Oakland, California a holistic healing experience through music and sound. A Kenyan community unites over the opportunity to feed a village by learning how to increase produce yields. From the eastern hemisphere to the western, these individuals are showing what it takes to create great change.
Please join us as we welcome these seven grantees to The Pollination Project family!
Cathleen Schulte, Broadway Pollinator Garden, Oakland, California, USA. Community spaces in urban settings are transformed, allowing schools and volunteers to establish service-learning opportunities.
Tami Ritter, Chico Youth Court, Chico, California, USA. Teens who are first time offenders are afforded second chances through restorative processes and positive peer interactions, such as circles, peer courts and educational opportunities.
Samuel Kangethe, Community Empowerment through Sustainable and Bio-Intensive Agriculture (CESBA): A Kenyan CBO, Kajiado, Kenya. Community members are taught how to grow food that produces a greater yield, thus creating an eco-village where they can sustainably support one another.
Khalid el-Kahim, The Black History 101 Mobile Museum, Detroit, Michigan, USA. 7,000 original artifacts of Black memorabilia ranging from the trans-Atlantic slave trade to hip-hop culture are shared with communities with the hope for grassroots change and understanding.
Ivonne Yanez, Viviendo junto al mar en tiempos de crisis climáticas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Technology allows communities affected by climate change to face it with initiatives that allow for greater dependence and justification.
Diana Lofflin, strawfree.org, Huntington Beach, California, USA. Educational booths at schools and local events encourage individuals and businesses to refuse plastic straws and reuse local bamboo straws, with all proceeds going towards outreach efforts.
Jasmine Stallworth, Increase the Piece Presents the MANIFESTival: Pieces in Harmony, Oakland, California, USA. Creative artists and entrepreneurs of indigenous African descent aim to introduce alternative health and wellness practices while encouraging learning through sound and art workshops.
Do these global changemakers have you inspired to bring your ideas to a reality? Are you committed to using peace to bring justice to all things? We accept grant applications at all hours of all days of the year. We love learning about projects all across the globe and cannot wait to come across yours!