The Sad Truth

Truth to be told, slaves in Haiti were never really diminished. The Haitians have spent over two hundred years trying to rid themselves of the concept of a human owning another human, but more than 300,000 child slaves called restaveks still exist there.

Many parents of children in Haiti are in extreme poverty, therefore not enabling their children from having education and other opportunities. Because of this, many parents decide to sent their children to wealthier families in hope that they will be better cared for. They rarely are. Many times these children are kept in their owners backyard and are given only the worst scrapes, if there are any. Many owners abuse these children physically, emotionally, and sexually. These children don't even have a birth certificate. About two thirds of these children are female. After these children are with their owners, they lose all contact with their birth family. But the worst part is that many cases the owners also send their children to even a wealthier families to become restaveks. It doesn't even occur to many of the children that the way they are being treated is wrong.