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Restaveks: Child Slavery in Haiti
Published January 14, 2010
This week's devastating earthquake in Haiti draws international attention to a nation continuously plagued by social and economic woes, covered thoroughly in a piece by The Guardian's Caroline Saunders. Pulitzer grantees Dane Liu and Carmen Russell produced a short documentary, "Restaveks: Child Slaves of Haiti," featured on Foreign Exchange. View their work below and hear Russell's take on the current state of the country.
Russell discusses the earthquake's impact and its ramifications for Haiti's future.
More than a billion people across 60 nations are living in fragile or failing states, like Haiti, Bosnia, the DRC and East Timor. What is needed to stabilize these particular countries?
Haiti's infrastructural devastation in the wake of last week's earthquake highlights media's critical role in facilitating relief efforts. Mark Frohardt knows this all too well.
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