Alex Lizzappi

School, hard work, promises and Restavek children in Haiti

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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Laws Protecting Children In Haiti

  In accordance with these international conventions, Article 335 of the Haitian labor code prohibits the employment of minors below the age of fifteen. Furthermore, an Act passed in June 2003 specifically outlawed the placement of children into restavèk service and the abuse and maltreatment of children generally.   Haiti is party to the Universal

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The practice of ‪‎restavèk‬ persists.

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.

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