The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture.
Video by AlJazeeraEnglish on YouTube
Poverty in Haiti spawns child slavery
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery.
The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture. Video by AlJazeeraEnglish on YouTube |