Haiti’s mobile money

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Sarah Palin urged Americans on Sunday not to forget Haiti as she wrapped up a weekend visit to the Caribbean nation still struggling with a cholera outbreak, earthquake reconstruction and political crisis. Haitians have been looking for ways to help themselves and some are using their cell phones in interesting ways to do so, as Sabri Ben-Acho reports from Haiti. Download MP3
Rebuilding Haiti

Haiti’s ‘restavek’ children

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The aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake continues to pose challenges for children living in camps and in slums. Perhaps the most vulnerable of all of Haiti’s children are the so-called ‘restaveks’. It’s an old cultural institution that nowadays often equates to child slavery. The UN estimates that 183,000 Haitian children are restaveks. Reporter Sabri Ben-Achour from station WAMU visited a special school for these children (pictured) and he spoke with one of the students. Download MP3

Haiti’s child slaves

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Haiti’s children were vulnerable even before the devastating earthquake last month. Most had poor health care and little education. And many were exploited as child “restaveks,” or slaves. Marco Werman talks E. Benjamin Skinner who is the author of “A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with modern-day slavery”. Skinner is also a fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights. Download MP3

• BBC Audio slideshow: Haiti’s slave children
• A Crime So Monstrous: book info
• Carr Center for Human Rights