Haiti Restaveks Or Slave Children

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There are 300,000 children living as Restaveks in Haiti. The children you see below were “Restaveks,” or “slave children” here in Haiti, who now has a better life through the Restavek Freedom Foundation. We love sharing the food God has blessed us with, especially with ministries that help many of these children. We share two containers of food each month with many other ministries like this. We have to raise the fund the cost of shipping and transportation funds for each container, which totals $10,000. We trust God for a miracle each

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