35 Ending Child Servitude in Haiti 
Haiti

 



Child slaves work long hours and have
no opportunity to attend school.
Tens of thousands of Haitian children are sent away each year into slavery. Driven by despair and lured by false hope, many rural parents send their children to stay with urban families. These parents are led to believe that their children will be cared for and educated. Instead, many essentially become household slaves. They are forced to work every waking hour without a chance to play or attend school. They feel abandoned and humiliated and endure physical and emotional abuse. About threequarters of these children are girls who are frequently exploited sexually by males in the household.

BEYOND BORDERS not only works to protect and free children now trapped in slavery, it is nurturing a growing social movement to bring a complete end to this horrific practice. BEYOND BORDERS trains advocates to fill the ranks of grass roots groups that organize marches, press conferences, and other advocacy efforts to pressure the Haitian government and change public attitudes. They intervene to keep children with their families and address the root causes of child slavery. Thousands of adults are eager to be trained as advocates all across Haiti.

 

$35 - Trains one child-rights advocate
$13 - Provides training materials for one advocate



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