The Restavek practice originally involved the transfer of the child from one family to another. However, the restavèk system is more accurately characterized as trafficking and now often involves middlemen recruiters, or koutchye, who are paid to find a restavèk for host families. This system of trafficking often results in the complete loss of contact …
For the most part, restavèk are found in middle to lower middle class homes, as well as the poorest slums of Port-au-Prince. The lack of local water infrastructure and overall lack of public services such as electricity in poor neighborhoods creates high demand for domestic workers to fetch water each day, and provide other …
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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 …
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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. …
