by Free the Slaves | Nov 28, 2012 | Take Action
What is the greatest holiday gift you can imagine giving? How about freedom? That’s the gift Marie* received last year, thanks to your continuing support of Free the Slaves. Marie was a restavèk slave in Haiti. Restavèks are children sent away by impoverished...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 29, 2012 | Haiti
Editor’s note: FTS Programs Director Karen Stauss rode out Hurricane Sandy last week while working in Haiti. I just drove past these words, painted haphazardly in French onto the side of a whitewashed wall: “Together let’s build Haiti. And rebuild it.” Was that irony?...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 8, 2011 | Haiti
Editor’s Note: This story was taken from the FTS website and edited. Like tens of thousands of children in Haiti, Cam-Suze was held as a restavec, a child slave. Haitian parents who lack the resources required to support their children must often send them to...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 12, 2011 | FTS Updates, Haiti
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Free the Slaves has been part of the global humanitarian response, and caseworkers report they’ve reunited nearly 1000 children with their families. Many were in slavery, and others were...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 27, 2010 | Slavery in the News
StoptheTraffik: Children found enslaved on Worcester, U.K. farm: “Following a police raid on a farm in Worcestershire last week, 7 Romanian children between the ages of 9 and 15 were found picking spring onions. These children were working daily from 7.30am...
