From Luisito: Restaveks

I was asked to post this article about Haitian restaveks--children who are forced to be indentured servants in Haiti. Human rights organizations estimate that there are 300,000 restaveks in Haiti at the moment. Children whose parents see little economic opportunity for them at home end up selling them to wealthier families as servants. The parents are usually duped into thinking their children will be sent to school and taken care of in exchange for their labor--when, in reality, the children are routinely and brutally abused, both physically and verbally, and rarely see school or any way out at all.

You can help by checking out the National Coalition for Haitian Rights here.

Thank you for sending, Luisito!