February 14, 2020
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 …
Restavek Households Have Little/No Access to Credit Read More »
February 14, 2020
Categories: Ayiti Now Corp, Restavek
Researchers interviewed 1,113 male and 1,634 female child domestic workers (CDW). Particularly, they surveyed about their satisfaction with their financial situation. Also, they categorized their answers into the five categories. These were: Very Dissatisfied, Somewhat Dissatisfied, Somewhat Satisfied, and Very Satisfied. In general, domestic workers in rural Haiti had the highest rates of dissatisfaction. Specifically, 57 …
Restavek Children are Not Satisfied with Their Finances Read More »
February 2, 2020
Categories: Human Rights, Poverty, Restavek
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 …
Majority of Children Earn Less than One Dollar in Haiti for doing Domestic Work Read More »
December 19, 2019
Categories: Restavek
Tags: attendance, education, fafo, stats
Overall, 71 percent of school-age Restavek or child domestic workers (CDW) attend school. 29 percent do not attend school. Generally, 81 percent of CDW had no support for education. In particular, family members (10 percent) or others (8 percent) supported the rest. For those not attending school, 88 percent don’t have any kind of support. …
Restavek Children Get Little or No Support for Their Education Read More »
December 18, 2019
Categories: Restavek
Tags: education, fafo, girls, stats
Most Child Domestic Workers cannot complete their primary education. To begin with, they have to work and earn for themselves and their families. The situation is bad for both girls and boys. According to data, 44 percent of girls have only attained incomplete primary education. Likewise, only 30 percent of Haitian boys have attained …
Most Restavek Girls Don’t Complete their Primary Education compared to Boys Read More »