American French anthropologist, photographer, Executive Director and screenwriter.

Ariane KIRTLEY is an anthropologist, photographer, executive director and screenwriter.

Born in the United States, now French, Ariane Kirtley spent her childhood in Africa, where her parents were journalists for National Geographic and & GEO magazines.
She was educated at Yale University (USA). She founded the NGO "Amman Imman-Water is Life", at the service of the Fulani and Tuareg populations of West Africa. She is the Executive Director of the NGO.

Ariane Kirtley's commitment: to bring water back to the regions of Azawak where, due to global warming, the water dries up year after year and thus drives out the nomadic populations of Niger and Mali.

Her NGO "Amman Imman: Water is Life" participated in the production of ABOVE WATER / MARCHER SUR L'EAU (2021), the feature documentary by director Aïssa Maïga, co-written by Ariane Kirtley & Aïssa Maïga.

OFFICIAL BIO
My name tells my story: Ariane Alzhara Kirtley. Like Ariane in Greek mythology, I endeavor to help lead others to safety. Like Alzhara flowers, I blossomed in the wondrous Saharan wastelands. And in the footsteps of my family Kirtley - "over those hills" in Old Gaelic - I am driven by a compulsion to walk, seeking new adventures, discoveries and meaning.

After obtaining a Bachelors in Anthropology and a Master of Public Health from Yale, I founded Amman Imman: Water is Life to help Africa's indigenous populations. I am also the mother of Fassely, Soriya, and Indima. Similarly to how my parents raised my brother and me, we travel the globe as a family.

Source:
https://arianekirtley.com/about-ariane/