I love to see a happy ending.... Especially for now... I am glad the mother kept her promise of keeping her children and putting them into school... Great Job Mom!!!
Why dosent Al Sharpten go there and help them..I mean he says he tries to help black people so why dosent he go somewhere where his needed...i know america dosent need him
Parents in poverty don't really have choices. And poverty exacerbates this kind of social problems...
Let's not also forget that this is not only Haiti's problem/fault and that many FOREIGN interests want to keep Haiti in misery and in conflict... The solution is complex.
@Nine00@Nine00 Oh yeah, that's a really well-thought and intelligent answer! So poor people shouldn't exercise their basic human right of reproduction just because they were born in a difficult country and are poor...? Only rich people, for example with access to a computer like yourself, should have kids then?
@sni13 That's not what I'm saying. But these people who are willing to give their children to people who treat them like that shouldn't. I'd rather die with my kids than sending them to a "auntie" like that.
@Nine00 ok I see what you mean, sorry I misunderstood it as an insensitive comment. I lived there and saw the problem. I don't think parents are actually willing to give their children to aunties like that. They are either lied to or turn a blind eye because they hope that even if their kids are abused, at least they might have something to eat, which is more than they can give them... It's hunger and lack of choices - misery at its worse, that's what's so sad about it in my opinion...
hey all. i have contacted al jazeera to get me the contacts for 'Niara' the house girl. i want to help her get back to school. any body with similar thoughts.
I have those same thoughts. I'm a single mother of six. I feel that even I have enough money to help them. I would just have to sacrifice buying myself some gym shoes, my kids want to help too. Post the information when you get it.
subhanAllah thats horrendous. if i was blessed with children i would never give them away to any person no matter how close a reletive they may be. a child will never feel completle happyness untill united with its mother.
in my opinion i would rather starve with my children then give them away to danger and hardship.
This cycle of abuse must be stopped. I agree, the government has to make a start. NGOs are OK for some things but they don't have the mandate to change laws. The government should outlaw this system. Adults should be educated that it is wrong to make children work like slaves. Children MUST have right, whatever the country. These kids should be at school. What is all of Haiti's aid money being spent on and who is spending it? Education!
Restavek.. this should be stopped. The government should do something about it, and not relie on the NGOs.
For children who are orphaned, it's good that somebody offered them help and a place to stay...It is also justifiable that the children should help in the chores..But never forget that the children are not your slaves..they have their own rights that should be acknowledged and respected..especially their rights for education.
far as the beatings, the nation as a whole still inflicts abuses on itself--a mentality steming from a system that taught them to hate black, themselves. There's something called "igoise", hard, dried animal skin interwoven into a skin-pealing whip, and it's used even in school. You can get it from a street merchant easily. This is something the nation as a whole must come to terms with. Those things facilitate abuses by frustrated, abusive caretakers who were once victims themselves.
Restavek is not a euphamism for slave! Those kids are not slaves; in most cases,There's often child abuse--born of frustration due to the countries overall plight. There are success stories. To make such a comparisson is to justify a system that was born of greed and hatred. Those families in Haiti, both the parents and caretakers, simply don't have. I stayed with family friend as a child in Haiti.
I don't expect Aljazeera to copy ABC. Instead,report the causes that lead to such abuses.
i liked the country house way better
THEunique4158 2 weeks ago
why do the biological aunt treat their nieceand nephews so badly... shows how bad family relationships are when people are poor
scorpioo 1 year ago
Wow...this brought tears to my eyes!
kitsaber 1 year ago
I love to see a happy ending.... Especially for now... I am glad the mother kept her promise of keeping her children and putting them into school... Great Job Mom!!!
morshellz100 1 year ago
...omg voodoo...that's 2 sad...
flaminkooo 2 years ago
Why dosent Al Sharpten go there and help them..I mean he says he tries to help black people so why dosent he go somewhere where his needed...i know america dosent need him
albanianmario 3 years ago 5
How can we donate?
CHEKA287 3 years ago 2
Parents in poverty don't really have choices. And poverty exacerbates this kind of social problems...
Let's not also forget that this is not only Haiti's problem/fault and that many FOREIGN interests want to keep Haiti in misery and in conflict... The solution is complex.
aeaebbenefe 3 years ago
@aeaebbenefe Then they just shouldn't have kids!
Nine00 1 year ago
@Nine00 @Nine00 Oh yeah, that's a really well-thought and intelligent answer! So poor people shouldn't exercise their basic human right of reproduction just because they were born in a difficult country and are poor...? Only rich people, for example with access to a computer like yourself, should have kids then?
sni13 1 year ago
@sni13 That's not what I'm saying. But these people who are willing to give their children to people who treat them like that shouldn't. I'd rather die with my kids than sending them to a "auntie" like that.
Nine00 1 year ago 2
@Nine00 ok I see what you mean, sorry I misunderstood it as an insensitive comment. I lived there and saw the problem. I don't think parents are actually willing to give their children to aunties like that. They are either lied to or turn a blind eye because they hope that even if their kids are abused, at least they might have something to eat, which is more than they can give them... It's hunger and lack of choices - misery at its worse, that's what's so sad about it in my opinion...
sni13 1 year ago 4
hey all. i have contacted al jazeera to get me the contacts for 'Niara' the house girl. i want to help her get back to school. any body with similar thoughts.
vopondo 3 years ago
I have those same thoughts. I'm a single mother of six. I feel that even I have enough money to help them. I would just have to sacrifice buying myself some gym shoes, my kids want to help too. Post the information when you get it.
AnneeCash 3 years ago
yes but how ?
oh1tina 3 years ago
Any luck with the information? I don't have much, but I'm in a considerably better situation and I would like to help.
heatherjrock 2 years ago
omg, what a horrible ending...what the hell
caojane1 3 years ago 2
subhanAllah thats horrendous. if i was blessed with children i would never give them away to any person no matter how close a reletive they may be. a child will never feel completle happyness untill united with its mother.
in my opinion i would rather starve with my children then give them away to danger and hardship.
TaskiyahEmaani 3 years ago 3
This cycle of abuse must be stopped. I agree, the government has to make a start. NGOs are OK for some things but they don't have the mandate to change laws. The government should outlaw this system. Adults should be educated that it is wrong to make children work like slaves. Children MUST have right, whatever the country. These kids should be at school. What is all of Haiti's aid money being spent on and who is spending it? Education!
bbondougou 3 years ago
What aid money are you talking about?
GWOZ0Z0 3 years ago
Restavek.. this should be stopped. The government should do something about it, and not relie on the NGOs.
For children who are orphaned, it's good that somebody offered them help and a place to stay...It is also justifiable that the children should help in the chores..But never forget that the children are not your slaves..they have their own rights that should be acknowledged and respected..especially their rights for education.
onatdonuts 3 years ago
far as the beatings, the nation as a whole still inflicts abuses on itself--a mentality steming from a system that taught them to hate black, themselves. There's something called "igoise", hard, dried animal skin interwoven into a skin-pealing whip, and it's used even in school. You can get it from a street merchant easily. This is something the nation as a whole must come to terms with. Those things facilitate abuses by frustrated, abusive caretakers who were once victims themselves.
GWOZ0Z0 3 years ago
Restavek is not a euphamism for slave! Those kids are not slaves; in most cases,There's often child abuse--born of frustration due to the countries overall plight. There are success stories. To make such a comparisson is to justify a system that was born of greed and hatred. Those families in Haiti, both the parents and caretakers, simply don't have. I stayed with family friend as a child in Haiti.
I don't expect Aljazeera to copy ABC. Instead,report the causes that lead to such abuses.
GWOZ0Z0 3 years ago