Restaveks

(There is a book about the estimated 300,000 child slaves in Haiti called Restaveks by Jean-Robert Cadet, a Haitian American and former restavek, who explains this phenomena and promotes a campaign to end the practice.)

Susan Davis: Creating Hope and Opportunity in Haiti for Extremely Poor Women and their Families 2009

-- some children sent to host families for education aren't classified as Restaveks, but perform similar duties;

Mathaba Highlights Briefing 2010

They did a piece on Haiti's child slaves known as "Restaveks", (

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VELSHI: I was reading somewhere that some of these Restaveks are given over, obviously, for money.

CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010 2010

According to a study last year, there were about 225,000 child slaves in Haiti working as unpaid servants, or Restaveks.

CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010 2010

First of all, to what degree are these kids, these Restaveks, affected worse than other Haitians right now?

CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010 2010

In 2007, he founded the Restavek Foundation, which fights to give Restaveks a voice.

CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2009 2009

In 2007, he founded the Restavek Foundation, which fights to give Restaveks a voice.

CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2009 2009

Since its opening in 1999, this school has provided remedial education at no cost to Restaveks between ages 8 and 14 who have never been to school.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jim Luce 2011

He created a special Haitian National Police child protection unit, and in 2003, got a new law passed prohibiting child domestic labor, mostly as Restaveks.

Signs of the Times 2010