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Photo by @amivitale. Najma studies by candlelight in the single room she shares with her ten siblings in Kenya's Loita Hills. She passed her secondary school exams with marks high enough to obtain entrance to a county high school. In 2003, Kenya enacted a law that made primary education free. As a result of this legislation, enrollment rates increased to 84 percent. However, only one in five girls make it to their eighth year. This high rate of dropouts is a result of early marriage, female genital cutting, poverty and other factors. Investing in girls' education has profound impacts. According to the The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (@UNESCO), when all females in developing countries complete primary education, child mortality drops by a sixth, saving nearly a million lives every year. On today's International Day of the Girl, learn more, including how to help, by following @forthegood. #girls #letgirlsgirlearn #educateagirl #education #schools #dayofthegirl #internationaldayofthegirl https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjk-XKyMcDJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Photo by @amivitale. Despite the tremendously disappointing end to #COP25, I still have great hope because I know there are people like @hindououmar in the world, pictured here collecting water with the women of the village of Gouwa, about 100 miles north of NíDjamena, the capital of Chad. @hindououmar is a member of the Mbororo pastoralist community. At the age of 15, she founded the Association of Indigenous Peul Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), an organization focused on rights and environmental protection. Since then, she has taken her work on behalf of indigenous peoples, women and the environment to the highest levels. Most recently she addressed the delegates at #COP25 urging action. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @hindououmar was also named the 2019 Pritzker Environmental Genius by @uclaioes, an award I'm proud to have nominated her for. The award recognizes an environmental leader, under the age of 40, who is on the verge of making lasting change in the field of environmental sustainability. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I recently visited @hindououmar in Chad on behalf of @rippleeffectimages where she showed me more about her work harnessing the knowledge the indigenous community there regarding water and climate change. Learn more by following along here and at @rippleeffectimages ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @conservationorg @photography.for.good @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #PritzkerEnvironmentalGeniusAward #inspiring #inspiration #humanitarian #wisdom #climatechange #mitigation #pritzkergeniusaward #globalwarming #adaption #mbororo #indigenous #indigneouspeople #letgirlslearn #educateagirl #thefutureisfemale #education #nikonnofilter #nikonlove #globalwarming #climateemergency #climateadvocacy #climateadaption #therippleeffect #rippleeffectimages #rippleeffect (at Chad) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ORStnBCkq/?igshid=1xzxvsurz9p9e

Photo by @amivitale. Cattle owned by the Fulani Mbororo are milked before they head out to graze in the early morning hours near a remote village in Chad. The Mbororo people are nomadic cattle-herders and traders and move every few days with their animals in search of fresh grazing land and water. . I'm here on behalf of @rippleeffectimages documenting the work of Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (@hindououmar), who is working to harness the centuries of wisdom and weather-predicting techniques among the indigenous Mbororo to adapt to the impact of climate change. @hindououmar is a leader in both AFPAT (Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad) and within the @UN advocate for the powerful role indigenous people have in addressing climate change. Watch for her powerful talks as she takes the stage this week at #COP25. @hindououmar's work most recently earned her the prestigious 2019 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award administered by @uclaioes that I was proud to nominate her for. Follow me and @rippleeffectimages for more updates from this powerful story of empowerment and climate advocacy. @conservationorg @photography.for.good @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #PritzkerEnvironmentalGeniusAward #inspiring #inspiration #humanitarian #wisdom #climatechange #mitigation #pritzkergeniusaward #globalwarming #adaption #mbororo #indigenous #indigneouspeople #letgirlslearn #mothers #daughters #educateagirl #thefutureisfemale #education #globalwarming #climateemergency #climateadvocacy #climateadaption #therippleeffect #rippleeffectimages #rippleeffect (at Chad) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WD_mfBAto/?igshid=qh5kyl0kpu13

Photo by @amivitale. Happy International Day of the Girl! This was taken during a Fulani baby-naming ceremony, and the girls put on lipstick for this special occasion. There were a lot of beautiful, healthy, fat babies there, despite this being a very dry and remote part of Benin. The women told me it was because of a solar-powered irrigated garden and how much it helped change their lives. They now had nutritious food to feed their children and the children are thriving. I was in Benin on assignment on behalf of @rippleeffectimages making a film about solar energy empowering women. I'm proud to be a member of @rippleeffectimages because it allows me to share inspiring stories like this while helping small organizations around the world empower women and girls. Learn more, including how to help, by following @rippleeffectimages and @solarfund . @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa @photog.for.good #protectearth #conservation #earth #education #backtoschool #whoruntheworld #girlpower #benin #protectpreserve #letgirlslearn #educateagirl #girls #women #opportunity #determination #school #solarpower #solarelectricity #farming #agriculter #irrigation #solar #lipstick #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador (at Benin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e4OlTBGti/?igshid=adre6etr2q0e

Photo by @amivitale. A young girl stands in the shallow water in Lake Tanganyika in the Western edge of Tanzania. The first step for saving nature is improving lives, especially the lives of girls like her by helping them have access to an education. This back-to-school season you can. In early 2019, @nature_africa donors built a life changed 80-bed girls’ dormitory next to Lagosa Secondary School. Girls who otherwise had no time to study due to long walks to school or faced other hardships at home, now have a safe place to live and learn. A gift of just $30 covers one girl's stay in the dorm — including meals and supplies — for an entire month. Get involved today by clicking in the link in my profile and following @nature_africa and @nature_org . @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #protectearth #conservation #earth #education #backtoschool #whoruntheworld #girlpower #tanzania #protectpreserve #livenature #letgirlslearn #educateagirl #girls #women #opportunity #determination #school #tanzania #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador (at Tanzania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2P17V_hguw/?igshid=103rlquk3sldl

Photo by @amivitale. Children from the village of Katumbi play and collect water near Lake Tanganyika in the Western edge of Tanzania. In 2011 and 2016, I went here with @nature_africa to photograph the Tuungane Project, which aims to create healthier families, fisheries and forests. In this region of high poverty, record birth rates, and near-total reliance on natural resources, the Tuungane Project takes a 360-degree approach to address the interrelated challenges of population, health, and environment. Here, only 1 in 10 girls finish secondary school due to pregnancies, the time spent getting to school, or other challenges. But staying in school means these girls typically marry and start having children at a later age, and education provides women more opportunities to become employed, earn an income, and reduce their overall reliance on natural resources. In early 2019, @nature_africa donors built a life changed 80-bed girls’ dormitory next to Lagosa Secondary School. Girls who otherwise had no time to study due to long walks to school or faced other hardships at home, now have a safe place to live and learn. You can join me in supporting them. A gift of just $30 would cover one girl's stay in the dorm — including meals and supplies — for an entire month. Get involved today by clicking in the link in my profile and following @nature_africa and @nature_org @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #protectearth #conservation #earth #education #backtoschool #whoruntheworld #girlpower #tanzania #protectpreserve #livenature #letgirlslearn #educateagirl #girls #women #opportunity #determination #school #tanzania #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador (at Tanzania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Mgv6LhxmN/?igshid=zer0jdavesnn

Photo by @amivitale. Girls prepare to return to home after washing dishes on the edge of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. Until just recently, children just like her spend 6 hours or more each day walking back and forth to school (an eight mile trip each way) in pursuit of an education and a better life. But not anymore. Thanks to a new girls' dormitory built as part of the Tuungane Project, a joint partnership between @nature_org and @pathfinderint, children like her have a safe space to sleep and an opportunity to succeed. They can devote those six hours to studies, the school provides two meals a day, and they have access to lamplight so they can study as much and as long as they need to. Education is a gift for children and the world around them. This back-to-school season, you can help send these beautiful minds in Tanzania back to school. Learn how by clicking on the link in my profile and follow @nature_africa. @natgeo @natgeoimagecollection @thephotosociety @nikonusa #protectearth #conservation #earth #education #backtoschool #whoruntheworld #girlpower #tanzania #protectpreserve #livenature #letgirlslearn #educateagirl #girls #women #opportunity #determination #school #tanzania #photojournalism #amivitale #nikonusa #nikonlove #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador (at Tanzania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_pcoGhV12/?igshid=1j5cyt62kgjhn

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