4. Engaging the Haitian Government

The Haitian government has historically made no real effort to sanction child servitude or protect children from the worst forms of exploitation and abuse. This runs contrary to their constitutional responsibilities and their obligation as a signatory to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Campaign, working in collaboration with many local leaders and partner organizations has been working to pressure the Haitian government to make concrete steps to fulfill its moral and legal obligation to Haiti's children. We have done this by organizing marches, press conferences, and teach-ins. We develop demands and policy recommendations for the government. We partner with groups that organize petitions and organize street theatre and other forms of protest.

We have mobilized citizens engagement by organizing events around the World Day Against Child Labor (June 12) and developing a new National Day Against Child Servitude on November 17 (which roughly coincides with the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse) to making use of billboards, music, bumper stickers, and T-shirts to focus attention on the problem, and organizing marches, street theater, and other events.

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