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 […]
June 17, 2019
Categories: Recipients, Restavek
Tags: age groups
Restavek girls are extremely vulnerable to emotional physical, and sexual abuse. Research in Haiti has identified that the majority of domestic servants join their host families between the ages of 5 and 14. As highlighted in the bar chart above, Some Child Domestic Workers begin work at an even younger age. Since many children in […]
June 11, 2019
Categories: Access, Programs, Restavek
Tags: program
Overcoming extreme poverty requires deep and wide intervention. These girls are collateral damage of slavery, colonialism, and neo-imperialism. Haiti Now has extensive experience with Domestic Servitude and has designed programs according to the needs of the very girls trapped by extreme poverty and exploitation. At Haiti Now we believe our recipients deserve our full attention […]
January 27, 2019
Categories: Access, Education, Restavek
Tags: education, Restavek, survey
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 […]