5 Ways Your Life Might be Different as a Child Living in Restavek
Many of us are fortunate enough to come from privilege. Privilege meaning that, relative to other nations or people groups, we are given advantages and opportunities to do or [...]
Samantha Sees Hope
By Nathacha Lucien, Child AdvocateIn 2 Timothy 1:7 it says, “For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but one of power and of love and of [...]
“Stand Up for FREEDOM!!!”
By Samuel Jean Baptiste, Child Advocate Ending the restavek system in Haiti requires intervention both with children and adults. We have found that engaging adults through literacy programs is a [...]
Sejour’s Life is Changed
By Daniel Fontil, Child AdvocateI want to share with you the story of Sejour’s life, as she shared it with me. Sejour* was found and recruited into the Child [...]
5th Graders Talk about Slavery
By: Heather Gentzel Restavek Freedom Communications and Child Sponsorship CoordinatorThis week a few of us from the Restavek Freedom U.S. office were invited to a local school to talk with [...]
4 Compelling Stories of Children Living in Slavery
With our line of work, we hear a lot of stories. We hear stories of heartache and brokenness as we work daily with children in need and stories of child [...]
Juline Dreams of Becoming a Writer
By Robenson SAINT-HILAIRE, Child AdvocateJuline* is in the 8th grade. She is 17 years old. When she joined our program five years ago, she was 12 years old and [...]
3 Movies That Address Child Slavery
Despite efforts to abolish slavery in all its forms, slavery still exists in many ways today, including child slavery. There are an estimated 150 million children in slavery in [...]
Flag Day in Haiti
By Samuel Jean Baptiste, Child AdvocateWhy are you proud of Haïti? One of the answers you might hear when asking the Haitian people this is: We are proud of Haïti [...]
Children From Advocacy Program Go On Field Trip
By Nadine Augustin Paul, Child Advocate“Nadine, please take a picture for me so I can show my host family how well you treat me.” This is just one of the [...]
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