Restavek

Solidarity or Slavery? Finding Solutions for Restaveks (Denise Green)

By Bryan Schaaf on Monday, December 17, 2007.
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We should be discussing the Restavek situation in Haiti.  It is neither new or a simple issue.  A restavek (comes from the phrase 'to stay with') is a child who is sent from one family to live with another family.  Considering Haiti's history as  the only people to lead a successful slave rebellion for independence, discussing restaveks can be a sensitive issue.  However, I believe that we must.  

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