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The Effects of the Restavek Life on the Ability to Learn in School

By Loren Watson The Chronicle of Higher Education says students need seven qualities to learn. They are awareness, interest, motivation, relevance, engagement, reinforcement, and support. However, a Haitian Restavek child’s life makes most of these qualities unattainable. “Poverty reduces a child’s readiness for school because it leads to poor physical health and motor skills, …

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Restavek Households Have Little/No Access to Credit

Data for Access to Credit Researchers gathered data from 2,078 Haitian families to find their access to credit. This makes it easier for them to achieve their personal and familial goals. Particularly, the research categorized credit sources into the following sources: Bank or formal credit institution, Merchant or money-lender, Relatives, Other, non-relative, Other Generally, access …

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Majority of Children Earn Less than One Dollar in Haiti for doing Domestic Work

The majority of children in Haiti earn one dollar or less for doing domestic work, according to data from 2013-14. The most common payment for all children is 90 cents for doing hard domestic work daily. The earning power of a Child Domestic Worker or CDW is much worse than a non-CDW. A very small …

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One-Fourth of Restavek Live in Homes without Any Sanitation Facilities

Researchers have determined the following: 60.3 percent of child domestic workers live in rural areas, 39.7 percent of child domestic workers live in urban areas. 62 percent of all respondents said was that Restavek homes are Kay bas. Notably, this was the most common answer. Specifically, Kay bas implies a concrete home with a …

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Haiti Now interviews Gabriel Osson, author of Hubert, le restavèk

Haiti Now interviews Gabriel Osson, author of Hubert, le restavèk, to hear his thoughts and hopes for survivors of domestic servitude. Gabriel Osson is a poet, novelist and a painter. Born in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), he lives in Toronto. He gives lectures and conducts writing workshops for different audiences, whether retirees or high school students in …

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