Top Ten Haitian Dishes You Need To Try
Haiti is known for more than mountain ranges and the best soccer in the Caribbean. Haitian cuisine is some of the greatest, and most eclectic, in the world. Allow [...]
Made in Haiti (Top Products Produced in Haiti)
The Haitian economy has been in a state of crisis for decades, with an unemployment rate of over 50% since 1991. The Haitian currency is the gourde, and as [...]
Children in the Countryside vs. Children in the City
By Samuel Jean-Baptiste, Child advocate Since the very inception of the Haitian Republic, rural communities have been treated differently from the urban ones. The “rural code” adopted under President [...]
How a Database Can Save Children
By Amazan Amos, Database Coordinator A few months ago, a family in Haiti lost their child. They searched everywhere, asked everyone, but could not find him. Their anxiety was [...]
The System of Restavek and Biological Families
The economic situation of the biological families of children living in restavek is not something that can be approached simply, because it requires an in-depth analysis of an entire [...]
3 Ways Trauma Changes a Child’s Brain
Throughout Haiti and in other marginalized areas of the world, systematic problems exist on a catastrophic level and are incredibly complicated. Specifically in Haiti, harsh economic conditions, the blind [...]
Making Henry’s Dreams Come True
Henry is 18 years old and the third of five children. He lives in a home with 4 other people. In 2012, Henry started the Restavek Freedom (RF) Child [...]
Education Brings Freedom
By Mathia Pierre Philipe, Child Advocate It is hard for me to pick just one child’s story to tell. I have been working for Restavek Freedom for almost a year, [...]
The Best Way To Transform A Child’s Life
By Marie Yolaine FLORESTAL Restavek Freedom has started a second Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) in Carrefour Feuilles this year! Children ages 10-17 who have been living in the restavek [...]
Because of you… Hurricane Relief Update
Because of you, so many Haitians whose lives were devastated by Hurricane Matthew have received food, water, shelter and immediate relief. There is still much need, and the road [...]