Child Slaves

Orphans International Worldwide Unveils New Website for Sponsoring Kids - Including Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) unveiled its new website, the third since its founding in 1999. I created the first, which was indeed primitiv...

Visiting Rescue Shelters in India

Rani Hong | Posted 11.17.2011

Rani Hong

It had been days of travel, heat, humidity, cramped spaces, and heartbreaking stories.

Nestlé and the Mommy Wars

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 05.25.2011

Joellen Raderstorf

Last week, Nestlé flew a group of mom bloggers to Pasadena. A few attendees took the opportunity to bring up NestlĂ©'s practice of sourcing cocoa harvested by children on Twitter.

Child Slavery in Haiti: Odette's Story

The Morningside Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The Morningside Post

More than 300,000 children are currently enslaved as restaveks in Haiti. They make up 3 percent of Haiti's population. More often than not they are emotionally and physically abused.

Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 05.25.2011

IRVINE, Calif. — Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as...

Five Former Slaves Who Are Changing the World

razoo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 11.17.2011

We've all learned about the courageous acts of former slaves in American history like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman--but while the Emancipatio...