Featured Work:Forced

This is a digital rendering by a friend of mine. Here is his discription of his art work:
This is a painting to portray the hard lives of some of the Haitians. This painting shows a prostitute from Haiti. My story is that she had been sold to Dominican Republic and forced to work as a prostitute. I hope to bring attention to this problem and hope that one day it will be solved. She is dressed with money notes, meaning that she is being used by others to make money. She is crying as this shows that she is being forced to do what she does not want. I used bold strokes for this painting to imply that she is in a very frantic and upset situation, where she has to do the things that she detests for the sake of living.

In the Dominican Republic, Haitian migrant workers are sold into slavery on Dominican Sugar plantations, including children. Some Haitian children have allegedly been forced to work as prostitutes in the Dominican sexual tourism industry. Currently the Dominican sex trade ranks third in the world, only behind Thailand and the Philippines.

We have to keep in mind that there are people in different parts of the world who are suffering. Some of us may be lucky enough to be able to have 3 meals a day without fuss. Have nice clothes to wear and have a wonderful house to stay in, but we have to bear in mind that there are other people located in another part of the world who are suffering. They are starving, dressed in old clothes that can almost pass off as an old rag. They live in fear everyday. They worry about whether there will be enough food tomorrow and are uncertain about their future. So, please do your part to help these people. Show your helping handsto them and contribute to charity work whenever you have a chance to do so.

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