Starting Young
Jamel, Haiti
Summer 2013
I always struggle when I see a woman carrying water home to her family. Rarely do I see a man doing this job; this is women's work. They carry 5 gallon buckets on their heads. That's 40 pounds of weight on their fragile necks. In some parts of the world, this is a full time job for them. They fetch water seven days a week, every day of the year. They never take a day off. They forfeit opportunities to go to school, to learn a skill to support their families.
So when I saw these young girls fetching water, I just wanted to cry.
