Creating A Better Future
Staff Spotlight: Meet Luckens When Luckens joined the Restavek Freedom team last year, he was no stranger to the issue of restavek. In addition to working as a civil [...]
Thank You Will Never Be Enough
When 12-year-old Abdias first entered Restavek Freedom’s child sponsorship program in 2017, he was well-spoken, but everything else about him testified to his life as a restavek. He hadn’t [...]
The Joy That Food And Full Bellies Bring
"Stanley and Michelet are two children who live in restavek. Stanley lives with an elderly man who is jobless and sick. Michelet, his friend, lives with and does the [...]
Thank You Will Never Be Enough
When 12-year-old Abdias first entered Restavek Freedom’s child sponsorship program in 2017, he was well-spoken, but everything else about him testified to his life as a restavek. He hadn’t [...]
A Chance To Go To School: Bringing Child Advocacy to the South
“Without school, you cannot do anything. I would like to go to university after this and study more. This program is very good to me.” After Roseline’s* mother died, [...]
June’s Story
June will soon turn 16 and lives in terrible conditions in a small town in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She’s never known her biological parents. At the age of 5, she [...]
The Importance of Host Parent Meetings
Kids in our program are living with people they don’t really know. They don’t feel comfortable because the interactions are not good in the home. Based on our observations [...]
Education is Key
By Jennifer Francois, Child Advocate Caroline was born in December 1998; she has 5 brothers and 4 sisters. Caroline’s father always told her that her mother was alive, but [...]
7 Ways You Can Stop Slavery
Modern day slavery still exists and devastates the lives of more than 20 million people worldwide – including children, sent into slavery because their families are too poor to [...]
4 Unbelievable Facts About Human Trafficking
Restavek means “to stay with,” with roots coming from a mix of Creole and French. This word is used to describe a child staying with another person or extended [...]