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The forgotten Haiti: Restaveks

Publié le 26/01/2013

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The forgotten Haiti: Restaveks Those without rights or protection public treated as by-products of humanity, are exploited, forced to lower chores, beaten or raped in a social silence accomplice. 33655356235A Restavek, in French language ("one who stays with") is a child who is sent by his parents to work for a host household as a domestic servant because the parents do not have the resource...

« There are laws in Haiti for it to stop, but they are not met. If someone has a  Restavek  and the   person does not send the child to school, the police said nothing. In fact, nothing is done to put   an end to this situation. Someone says that there living conditions in our society? Jean­Robert Cadet was one of them. His poignant story, its virtues resilience, and his return to   life, he has recorded in a book (released in 1999 and regularly reprinted since). “ Restavek  child   slave in Haiti” is now a famous title, so it is the only account of this social drama from a former   victim. © by Florian LEDARD 2 nd 205. »

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