Ohio High School Students Give Presentations to End Child Slavery
Ann Ryan and Jamie Woy teach French and Spanish at Oak Hills High School in Cincinnati, OH. Since 2012, they have been working with their upper level students to [...]
Restavek Freedom : 10 years advocating for children’s rights
By Mackenson Edma, Child Advocate In Haiti, poverty is prevalent. For the poorest families taking care and providing for their children is an everyday fight. In this harsh situation, [...]
Working Together
By Mathia Pierre Philipe, Child Advocate Too often in Haiti, poverty leads parents from rural areas to send their kids to the city to live with a relative or [...]
Hard Truths About the Effects of Child Slavery
In a country the same size as the state of Massachusetts, there persists a systemic problem of restavek, a form of modern-day child slavery in Haiti that affects one [...]
Motivated to Learn
Robert is 22 years old. While he is no longer a child, he is still in our program and his story is one of success. Twelve years ago during [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
3 Shocking Stories of Child Slavery Worldwide
Child slavery is undoubtedly one of the worst forms of child labor that still exists today. Childhood is generally thought of as a blissful and carefree time in one’s [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
Lancia’s* life had been difficult. Her living situation had always been bad, ever since she was a little girl. She had to do all of the household work, didn’t [...]