June 29, 2019
Categories: Recipients, Restavek
According to research in Haiti, most parents do not want their children to leave them and live with some other family. A total of 2,078 families were interviewed, out of which 264 families gave reasons like their child being too young, having no proper understanding of the process and the host families not being able […]
June 28, 2019
Categories: Culture, Poverty, Restavek
This is the latest installment of this blog highlighting the conditions of Child Domestic Workers in Haiti. In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. The majority of these children are girls and are […]
March 8, 2016
Categories: Restavek
Tags: Children, family, host, parents, Restavek
Parents in dire economic straights give their children away as a means of coping with their poverty. Parents see child placements as an opportunity for social mobility for the child and the family. They believe working as a domestic servant in the city at least increases the child’s opportunity to access education and other services […]
February 25, 2016
Categories: Restavek
Tags: law, parents, Restavek, schools
The #biological #parents are #promised that their #child will be treated #well and sent to #school; #unfortunately, in the #overwhelming #majority of #cases these are #false promises. #Restavèk #children instead live a #life of #hardship and #work. These #children, #constantly occupied with #work, seldom, if ever, attend school. This #denial of the #right to #education […]