Poverty in Haiti spawns child slavery
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Oct 17 08
Witnessed: 2738 times
Regions: Haiti
Issues: Child labor, Poverty, Slavery & forced labor
Tags: child labor, child slavery, Haiti, Poverty, slavery
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery.
The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports. (October 13, 2008)
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Protect the child
DeEssays on Feb 18 10
We must do our part in making sure that Child slavery is stop not tomorrow but today. We must fight against those who thrives on child slavery and in one stand we say no more. No more shall we let a child be abused. No more.
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