Haiti, Ile de la Gonave and Restavek
I am in Haiti since 10 days. Today is my last day before I will leave tomorrow.
First I have spent 4 days on Ile de la Gonave, a beautiful little island not far from the mainisland of Haiti. I photographed the daily life there as I did on my last trip. Now I finished that project and the pictures will soon appear on my homepage.
The last days I photographed a Restavek child in Port-au-Prince. Her name is Miriam, she is 7 years old. 3-4 years ago her dad died and her mum run away, leaving her behind. Her neightboors took care after her, so that she does not end up as a streetchild. She can live with them, but sleeps on the floor while they sleep in their beds. She wakes up earlier as everyone else, so she can start doing the housework.. cleaning the dishes, cleaning the floor, go to the market, go to get water,…
She is one of the lucky ones, as in return she can go to school. She gets food as well, but only after the family has finished eating.
I will soon put pictures online!
Tomorrow I will be in New York for 2 days and be back home on Thursday.