CONRAD LOUIS-CHARLES

long term projects: haitian-dominican market day

On Monday and Friday of every week there are market days where thousands of Haitians cross the border from Ouanaminthe, Haiti to Dajabon in the Dominican Republic.

Haitians buy and sell food and goods to take back into Haiti.

Women crossing the Massacre River to Dajabon, Dominican Republic
   
  
Haitians washing clothes and bathing in the Massacre River which runs along the border of Ouanaminthe, Haiti and Dajabon, Dominican Republic.
     
  
Massacre River
   
  
     
  
Exchanging money at the border.
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
Haitian men trying to find a way to come across the border after closing hours at 5pm.
   
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
Haitian day laborers resting after a long days work in Dajabon.