Thank You For Changing My Life
Y.S. and her grandmother "It is with great joy that I pick up my pen and write you. Before I start, I greet each person who is [...]
Help Us Build A Library
"We learned about the animals in Africa and I want to find a book about giraffes!” said Edlerson to Emmanuela, his Child Advocate at Restavek Freedom. He was jumping [...]
Trauma After The Earthquake
Even after she stopped running, the aftershocks continued. On Saturday, August 14, 2021, around 8:30 a.m., an earthquake occurred in the extreme south of the country. I will tell [...]
Madeline’s Story
When Madeline’s father died, he left her mother with twelve children to feed and no means to support them. So, when a woman offered to bring young Madeline into [...]
Rural Communities After The Earthquake
I work as a Child Advocate in Port-au-Prince, but I come from a rural place called Cavaillon. After the earthquake hit on August 14, I went to my family’s [...]
Earthquake in Southern Haiti
At 8:29 am (ET) on Saturday, August 14, a 7.2 earthquake struck western Haiti. Areas like Les Cayes, Jeremie and Les Anglais were especially hard hit. We have heard [...]
Summer Camp Changed My Life
"On the first day of summer camp, I made a bracelet...and it changed my whole life at home." When Leyla* returned from her first day of Summer Camp and [...]
Meet Claudine
“Claudine was 12 years old when she entered into Restavek Freedom’s Child Sponsorship program,” said Jasmithe, Claudine’s child advocate. “She was living with her aunt, and the situation was [...]
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 House Full Of Hope
When Emmanuella, a Restavek Freedom child advocate, first met 8-year-old Judeley*, he seemed sad and distracted, despite the fun and games of the summer camp around them. He was [...]