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A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the practice of keeping restaveks

August 22, 2021

In Haiti, as in several developing countries, the phenomenon of street children has become a major public health issue. These children are often victims of traumas and adverse life events. This article aimed to investigate traumas experienced by street children and their coping and resilience strategies used to deal with adversities in a logic of […]

It has been several months since I served in Port au Prince, Haiti, where I assisted with immediate postearthquake medical care. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I have been to Haiti many times during the past 10 years as a clinician, researcher, and nurse educator. When the earthquake struck in January 2010, causing massive damage […]

Long before the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, but particularly since, international media and humanitarian groups have drawn attention to the ‘vulnerable child’ in Haiti, a child often portrayed as needing ‘saving’. Focusing in particular on the restavèk (child domestic laborer), this article first explores the ways in which such children are represented […]

Ti moun se bèt,” (Children are animals) or so the saying goes. When I was a child, I preferred to think of this proverb as a kind of endearing pejorative, something an exasperated adult might say after a child had made a really bad mess. However, as I grew older, it became apparent that not […]