Positive Ripples / Videos & Photos

From the ground, in their words.

Three short films from the field, plus photos from twenty years of work. Why Positive Ripples exists, what power and deforestation look like in Haiti, and a look back at Léogâne after the earthquake.

Field videos

The case for the work, told by the people doing it.

A short on power and deforestation, the founder's rationale for why Positive Ripples is needed, and a retrospective look at Léogâne, Haiti, right after the 2010 earthquake.

Nick · Field

Power, deforestation, and why a tree planted today is a generation's worth of cooking fuel.

Jim Mahar · Founder

Why Positive Ripples exists, in his own words. The thesis behind two decades of showing up.

Léogâne, Haiti

A look back at Léogâne right after the 2010 earthquake. The why behind the long Haiti commitment.

Photos

From twenty years in the field.

Wells, gardens, rebuilds, and the people behind them. A few of our favorites from across Haiti, Sierra Leone, and the Bahamas.

A community well in Haiti with 'THANK YOU POSITIVE RIPPLES' painted across the basin.
A well in Haiti painted 'THANK YOU BONA RESPONDS.'
Children fill jugs at a Positive Ripples water tap.
A woman pumping water into a bucket while children fill jugs, Haiti.
Children outside a school in Haiti.
Two children fixing a pipe fitting.
A volunteer carries tree saplings through tall grass.
A woman planting a sapling in a freshly turned plot.
A girl sifting compost over a planting bowl.
Volunteers clearing hillside debris after Hurricane Matthew, Haiti.
A construction crew rebuilding in Haiti.
Construction crew in BonaResponds and Positive Ripples shirts, Haiti.
Local crew installing a metal roof on a rebuilt school.
A circle of women entrepreneurs in conversation under banana trees, Haiti.
Children running together in a field at sunset.
A community member from BonaResponds Haiti with a young student.

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