HAITI - Restavecs, the slave children

www.handsOfHumanity.org - Nov 2008 - A restavec (or restavek; from the French reste avec, "one who stays with") refers to a social system in Haiti in which parents unable to care for their children send them to relatives or strangers living in more urban areas where they receive food and housing (and sometimes an education) in exchange for "light" housework. In reality restavecs often live in grinding poverty, enslaved to their "hosts" and seldom receiving an education. The restavec system is considered a form of slavery.

There are an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 restavecs in Haiti

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[dovespin1]

@pneltobe absolutely right, this "tradition" is slavery and should be abolished. we can withhold aid until these slaves are released

[pneltobe]

we need stand up our voices and let's denounce

this cruelty in opposition to the least protected chilhood, Where is the UNICEF?, where is the UN. ? Where is the NGO for childhood protection.

[gensNormannorum]

Please support sending aid to Haiti to help reinvigorate their natural culture and lifestyle, and to support moving more of these Haitians to the U.S.

[GospelOutreach]

Thank you for sharing this information about the plight of children in Haiti.