Blogs about: Restavek
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Watching Lives Change
Imagine receiving your first hug as a teenager. This comes after spending all of your life belonging to another. Not as a child or a friend to be loved, but as an object, an appliance; like an old v… more →
My Life, an Open Book...
Report says 225,000 Haiti children work as slaves
lisaparavisini wrote 2 days ago: The Associated Press reports that, according to a report issued yesterday by the Pan American Develo … more →
A Slave By Any Other Name
ryl9 wrote 3 weeks ago: His hardened eyes stare through you. You, the visitor to his broken world. You, the spectator to a c … more →
Restavèk Curse in Haiti
Jane Beal wrote 3 weeks ago: THE FOLLOWING POST ORIGINATED AT THE COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL BLOG: Restavèk is a Creole word for a … more →
Emory medical team refers a patient to Zanmi Lasante in Cange
projectmedishare wrote 4 weeks ago: By Katie Lee HICAGNE, Haiti—While I haven’t spent Thanksgiving at home in quite a few ye … more →
Modern Day Slavery in Haiti
womenofvision wrote 4 months ago: From AC 360 blog, by Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Last week I was in Haiti, where I spent my time walking aroun … more →
Watching Lives Change
Bataille wrote 5 months ago: Imagine receiving your first hug as a teenager. This comes after spending all of your life belongin … more →
Jean-Robert Cadet Restavek Foundation Featured on CNN
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Bataille wrote 5 months ago: Dear Reader, We are thrilled to announce that we have a new website (www.restavekfreedom.org) and th … more →
One Month Later...
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Bataille wrote 6 months ago: It has been one month since the Restavek Conference. The conference itself, as i said before, was a … more →
The Time is Right for Change
Bataille wrote 7 months ago: According to Joan, the movement officially began on Sunday, and I don’t think myself to be ego … more →
The Beginning of the End of Child Slavery
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Bataille wrote 7 months ago: If you’ve been wondering where I have been, I have been hard at work on the upcoming conferenc … more →
The Irony of it All
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Bataille wrote 9 months ago: It has been a long time since I have posted anything. Believe me (and Milton–who visited last … more →
"Dan Pouri" Comment
Bataille wrote 9 months ago: Prima Raymond made a comment on my “Dan Pouri” post that prompted me to post a clarifica … more →
A Necessary Practice
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Bataille wrote 9 months ago: I wanted to note another important point that the Pastor and I spoke about on Monday. Its the fact … more →
"Dan Pouri" (Rotten Teeth)
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Bataille wrote 9 months ago: Haitian culture is filled with brilliant proverbs. Everyone else here seems to know them well, but … more →
From Orphan to Slave
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Bataille wrote 10 months ago: It seems that, in Haiti, when your parents die you die too (Or maybe they are luckier than you). Wi … more →
Learning to See Invisible Children
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Bataille wrote 11 months ago: All of last week, I interviewed children that are a part of the JRC Restavec Foundation’s scho … more →
Being Black in Haiti
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Bataille wrote 11 months ago: I like the long drive to Cayes. With the car bouncing around and swerving to avoid potholes, and th … more →
How my internship got me...
Bataille wrote 11 months ago: I might have been disappointed if my work arrangements in Haiti were anything short of miraculous. … more →
Help the Slave Children in Haiti
delcasa wrote 1 year ago: I changed my career after being laid off as an executive to become a home based internet entrepreneu … more →
