Response to "Vlad Sokhin's Photos of Haiti's Child Servants"
Restavek in Haiti, the Vlad Sokhin photographs
As President of a 501c3 organization working in the slums of Cite Soleil, Port au Prince since the 2010 earthquake, I've known Zoe for over three years and he is a good man. With regard to the child in question, the Petit-Phars took her into their home four years ago when her orphanage closed. Yes, she eats at their family table. Yes, she sleeps in a rooms with beds and other furniture. Yes, she goes to the bathroom "outside," in an enclosed facility with a shower, Western toilet and basin. Yes, she does light house work, as most Haitian children are expected to do, but the Petit-Phars hire a Haitian woman to cook, wash and clean.
Granted she isn't treated nearly as well as their own 5-year-old daughter, but the Petit-Phars are not Restavek slave owners.
The most concerning part of Mr. Sokhin's disgraceful behavior is that his deception may deflect attention away from the real issue: 250,000 Haitian children living as Restaveks, physically and mentally abused, in a system of slavery where the "owners" pets are far better treated. SHAME ON YOU, Mr. Sorkin
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