Ripple Effect Images

03/10/2023

Women in rural Benin used to watch helplessly as food sources dwindled and children went hungry during the annual dry season. The Solar Electric Fund (SELF) taught them how to move water from wells to gardens, using solar power and drip irrigation, creating gardens year round. The work is hot and backbreaking, but there is so much joy in these gardens and the results are worth it—health, independent means, security and community.

12/14/2022

Ripple is currently in SECOND place - this is your last chance to vote and help get us into the lead!

Voting closes TOMORROW, Thursday, December 15th - please vote for Ripple Effect Images here: https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/voting/

A huge thank you to everyone who has already voted for Ripple to receive this additional grant from WomensNet - your support means so much to us.

If successful, we’ll be investing in promising photographers across the globe via dynamic workshops, field experience, and opportunities for participants to publish their work.

All we need is your click to turn ripples into waves!

12/09/2022

Huge thanks to everyone who has already voted - we appreciate you so much!

There is still time to vote for Ripple to receive a $25,000 grant from WomensNet: https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/voting/

If successful, we’ll be investing in promising photographers across the globe via dynamic workshops, field experience, and opportunities for participants to publish their work.

All we need is your click to turn ripples into waves!

12/08/2022

Thank you to the Africa International Film Festival - Afriff for recognizing Ripple's film Mapping Survival with the Special Jury Prize. And enormous thanks to Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim for allowing us to share her remarkable story with the world.

Huge congratulations to the entire Ripple team who created this beautiful film, including Nacho Corbella, Ami Vitale, Michael Davie, and Annie Griffiths. We are so proud of you!

The Globe Awards are a celebration of the year's greatest achievements in film, both in Africa and across the globe. This year, the Special Jury Prize was presented to Mapping Survival, directed by Nacho Corbella.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners and nominees 🏆

10/11/2022

ICYMI: We are going live again in one hour at 6pm EDT!

If you need a boost this evening, join us to hear from some girls and women who are getting things done!

10/11/2022

We are going live in one hour!

If you need some inspiration this afternoon, join us to hear from some girls and women who are getting things done!

10/11/2022

TODAY IS THE DAY!

Grab your favorite girl and prepare to be inspired at our live-streamed event TODAY celebrating International Day of the Girl at 2pm & 6pm EDT- see you soon!

10/10/2022

Joseline Velásquez Morales leads youth movements in Guatemala, and in 2018 was recognized as one of BBC’s Top 100 Women for her work with GOJoven Guatemala.

Join us on Tuesday, October 11th at 2pm & 6pm EDT to hear her incredible story of advocating for sexual and reproductive rights in Guatemala, and empowering her community by training adolescents, youth and teachers.

10/09/2022

Prasidha Padmanabhan founded Women for Education, Advocacy & Rights (WEAR) to fight for women's equality, by writing women back into the history books, especially women of color and other historically underrepresented women.

Join us on Tuesday, October 11th at 2pm & 6pm EDT and hear more about her extraordinary success in changing the curriculum within her school district. WEAR Organization

10/08/2022

Nuclear engineer, Leslie Dewan, spent the first ten years of her career redesigning nuclear reactors to make them safer and more efficient. Now she's set her sights on a bigger obstacle in the race toward a carbon-neutral future.

Join us in celebrating International Day of the Girl on Tuesday, October 11th at 2pm & 6pm EDT, and be inspired by her message for girls everywhere!

10/07/2022

Grab your favorite girl and prepare to be inspired at our live-streamed event celebrating International Day of the Girl on Tuesday, October 11th at 2pm & 6pm EDT!

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