Restavek

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title: Restavek
text: A restavek is a child in Haiti who is given away by their parents to work for a host household as a domestic servant because the parents lack the resources required to support the child. The term comes from the French language rester avec, "to stay with". Parents unable to care for children may send them to live with wealthier families, often their own relatives or friends. Often the children are from rural areas, and relatives who host restaveks live in more urban settings. The expectation is t
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Name for a working child in Haiti
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restavek
date created: 2004-01-14T16:30:23Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T20:02:25Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1779364","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1779364"}
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