Each photo tells a story of hope. Together, we showcase incredible work that brings change.
For the last 14 years I have been partnering with non-profits and NGOs worldwide to document their work and tell their stories in an effort to gain them further support for their tireless efforts. My primary focus has been on raising awareness about the challenges faced by women and girls in the Red Light districts of Asia, as well as impoverished women and children. These journeys have led me to some of the most remote and overlooked areas of the globe, where non-profits have instilled hope and pride through education and dignified employment. I am eager to partner with your organization to share your unique story!
School children in Ghana, West Africa
Rural village children in central Ghana, West Africa
Kolkata woman from food line who saves all the money she has to send her children to school.
Teen girls laugh while in a class to help them become educated instead of married and then prostituted by their husbands on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
Child living on railroad tracks in Calcutta, India
A women farmer holds her grandson on the doorstep of the family home in Lang Son, Vietnam.
Young girl in slum school in Calcutta, India.
Everyone helps with the harvesting of the corn in a rural village in central Ghana, West Africa.
Women walk through the streets of Dharampura, Delhi, India
Young blind students in class in Kolkata, India
Young girl in slum school in Calcutta, India. She would like to become a teacher.
Young girls learn during a class to help them become educated instead of married and then prostituted by their husbands on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
School children cheer after receiving Toms shoes in rural village in central Ghana, West Africa.
Lychee fruit northern Vietnam
A child climbs the stairs in a center set up as a safe haven of learning by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
Women farmers harvest peanuts from their land in central Ghana, West Africa.
Women farmers harvest peanuts from their land in central Ghana, West Africa.
Girls work together and support each other at a center set up by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
Women carry their infants using a single piece of cloth in Ghana, West Africa.
Happy girls at a center set up by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
Everyone helps with the harvesting of the corn in a rural village in central Ghana, West Africa.
A child cools down by eating some watermelon Lang Son, Vietnam.
A blind girl stand quietly at the door listening at The Blind School in Kolkata, India.
A young girl draws at a center set up by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
Two nurses, and friends, at the Calcutta Mercy Hospital nursing program in Kolkata, India. They are part of a two year scholarship nursing program for woman.
Women living on railroad tracks in Calcutta, India
Rice fields in Lang Son, Vietnam.
A women makes beads by melting old cassette tapes in central Ghana, West Africa.
Snake charmer, Agra, India
A women cleans up after her child in Najafgarh, Delhi, India.
A young girl is happy as she helps everyone with the harvesting of the corn in a rural village in central Ghana, West Africa.
Girls learn and become educated at a center set up by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
Family at Taj Mahal, India
Grace, blind since birth and rescued from a dumpster, has a contagious smile and is a honored resident at The Blind School in Kolkata, India.
A women prays in a cave in Lang Son, Vietnam.
A girl holds an old gun in a slum in Kolkata, India
A young man sits beside the railroad where he lives and lost his foot in Kolkata, India.
A man walks on his rooftop after he feeds hundreds of birds early in the morning in Kolkata, India
Girls learn and become educated at a center set up by an NGO in New Delhi, India.
A blind child gets water from the tap at The Blind School in Kolkata, India.
Each project is unique and deserves a tailored approach.
Contact me at rachael@santillan.cc or 910.322.7719.
910.322.7719
Rachael Santillan is an internationally published photographer based in Fayetteville, NC, specializing in both commercial and personal photography services. Contact her for commercial work (professional portraits, medical photography, food photography, and business photography), newborn photography and family photography sessions, and humanitarian photography projects both domestically and abroad.
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