Domestic violence awareness group hosts first exhibit of paintings

A woman looks at some of the paintings depicting domestic violence that were part of CADVA’s exhibition (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

The Caribbean America Domes-tic Violence Awareness (CADVA) last weekend wrapped up its two weeks of activities with the hosting of a one-day exhibition at the Pegasus of paintings depicting domestic violence.

The new organisation, which came to these shores on March 1, was recently launched in Orlando, Florida and aims to educate domestic violence victims on how to speak out on the issue by conducting empowerment sessions.

The exhibition was first launched in Berbice under the theme ‘Reflections: Faces of domestic violence Pt 1’. The paintings, done by Carl Anderson, were inspired by Dianne Madray of the