* Critics say restaveks are child slaves * Tradition deeply ingrained in culture of former colony * Children freely given by parents to life of servitude By Jim Loney PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 18 (Reuters) ...

The nonprofit working to end child slavery in Haiti says its still working to locate all children it serves The nonprofit working to end child slavery in Haiti says its still working to locate all ...

The massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14 claimed more than 2,000 lives and escalated the humanitarian crisis already facing one of the hemisphere's most deeply troubled ...

Laura Silsby, left, the head of New Life Children's Refuge, leaves a court hearing with Charisa Coulter, another member of her group, after being accused of child abduction and criminal association in ...

Restavek is a form of modern-day slavery that is estimated to affect 300,000 (approximately 1 in 10) children in Haiti. The word is derived from the French and Creole term reste avec, which translates ...

The nation has no right to preach on child trafficking when it has long allowed child slavery. When a Haitian man walked up to Noel Ismonin - a pastor from Ottawa working in Haiti - and offered to ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Even as 10 Americans were charged Thursday with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti, aid ...