'Restavecs', Haiti's most vulnerable

Restavecs are children who have been given up by their families to work in often abusive situations. The United Nations has condemned their situation as a modern form of slavery. Some have been sold by their parents; others were sent away because there were no schools in their home villages. But they all have one thing in common: the earthquake has made their already bad situation even worse.

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24/11/2009 - ENVIRONMENT

Could fishing quotas save dwindling tuna stocks?

Members of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna have voted to lower the tuna quota to 13,500 tonnes for next year. For the Japanese, who consume 80% of the world's tuna, the cuts are excessive.

23/11/2009 - MIDEAST CONFLICT

Saving Sergeant Shalit

After three years of difficult negotiations, there is growing speculation in the Middle East that Hamas will release Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, although no official deal has yet been signed.

23/11/2009 - FOCUS

Cambodia's forgotten generation

An investigation into a little known legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime: children born from the hundreds of thousands of forced marriages in an effort to “further the glory” of Cambodia.

20/11/2009 - EUROPEAN UNION

Spanish farmers hard hit by credit crisis

The agricultural sector has been particularly hard hit by the credit crisis. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look and reports from Spain, where farmers are set to stage a strike this Friday in protest at plunging prices.

19/11/2009 - FOOTBALL

Does football need video?

Thierry Henry's controversial handball in France's match against Ireland on Wednesday gave Les Bleus a place in South Africa next year. But it has also sparked a debate: does the sport need video to catch cheating instead of a referee's naked eye?

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Restavec Freedom Alliance

by Anonyme - 14/03/2012 - 23:41

Restavec Freedom Alliance is a nonprofit organization in Haiti working with former restavec children. For more info please visit www.rfahaiti.org

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le diable unicef

by Anonyme - 11/02/2010 - 07:42

bring the orphans to france,US and Canada they have no future in haiti we all know it,UNICEF is a bunch of bull talk they rather seen the little children dies than adoption.