What does it take to keep a family from sending their children into Restavek?
By Roslyn Phillips The hurricane that blew through Port Salut, Haiti, in October 2016 destroyed many of the mountain homes where families lived. One step into the makeshift structures where the small wooden or white [...]
5 Similarities Between Haiti and the United States
The differences between Haiti and the United States are vast: from the size (Haiti, with about 10.7 million residents compared to the United States’ 321 million, is about the size of Maryland) to the gross [...]
Songs for Freedom – Meet the Finalists
We are only one week away from the July 23rd Songs for Freedom Grande Finale! The winner from each department will sing their original song about the issue of restavek and the treatment of children, [...]
Kathia Has Graduated!
Kathia has graduated High School! Kathia entered the Transitional House in February 2011. She is a wise, calm, intelligent, affectionate girl who loves school. During all the years spent in the home, she always got [...]
Finalists Compete for the Title of National Champion
Since 2013, Songs for Freedom has engaged tens of thousands of people through music, spreading the message that the restavek system must end. Join us for our 2017 Grande Finale on Sunday, July 23, 2017 [...]
Haiti’s Neighbors
Dominican Republic Haiti’s closest neighbor is the Dominican Republic – so close that they share a border (and the actual island they both inhabit, Hispaniola). The Dominican Republic is the larger of the two countries, [...]
Interview: Talking with Sally Wevers, Friend of Restavek Freedom
Sally Wevers is a long-time friend and advocate of Restavek Freedom. For years, she and her husband led a church that has played a significant role in the history of the organization; she has also [...]
Top Restaurants in Haiti for Visitors
If you’re a fan of creole cooking (or just like exciting flavors), then Haitian food is almost definitely for you. While Haitian cooking has its own particular style, it draws from French, African, Taino, and [...]
Raising Awareness to End the Restavek System
By Gardy St Paulin, National coordinator of Church Mobilization Bringing people together to talk about the restavek system is not easy but it is an important step towards acknowledging that this system is hurtful to [...]
Where do children in restavek live?
by Jean Osbert Victor, Child advocate In Haiti, poverty drives parents from poor rural areas to give their children to a relative or a stranger in the city in the hope of a better life [...]