The term restavèk comes from the French and Creole meaning “to stay with.” Restavèks are generally children of poor rural families who are sent to stay with and work as unpaid domestic servants for less poor, urban families. Parents send a child away with the hope that in return for the child’s labor, the host …
A restavèk generally works ten to fourteen hours a day without compensation.
The practice of restavèk persists. It is estimated that 300,000+ #children are restavèk in Haiti, with an additional estimated several thousands restavèk children in the DR Dominican Republic. The #child in the picture wakes up at 4am to run all the chores, #she is in charge of all the household work including taking care of the younger children. …
Just Pinned to Ayiti Now Corp – Ngo’s: Some Haitian children work for their keep but sometimes are abused, a panel revealed In Haiti, a 9-year-old girl leaves her poor village to work as a domestic worker for a family in Port-au-Prince, http://ift.tt/1GLUmKL
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 Reviewed by Tena Starr The Gold Exchange, Exposing Haiti’s Child Slavery System, by Susan Belding. Paperback. 273 pages. Published by Willoughby Gap Press. $8.14 on Amazon. Susan Belding (who many of you would know … Continue reading → Source: bartonchronicle.com Restavek/ Ayiti Now Corp copyright the Chronicle February 11, …
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