{"id":16331,"date":"2025-07-14T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgk.nl\/?p=16331"},"modified":"2025-07-13T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:40:07","slug":"miriam-can-go-home-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgk.nl\/en\/diaconaat\/miriam-mag-weer-naar-huis\/","title":{"rendered":"Miriam may return home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Miriam is nine years old and is from Les Cayes, Haiti. After the death of her father, her mother could no longer cope with caring for Miriam and her seven siblings. Hoping for a better future, she made a drastic decision: she sent Miriam as a restavek<\/em>, domestic worker, to a family in Cavaillon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything seemed to be going well, but that soon changed. Miriam was beaten, had to work hard and was not allowed to go to school. Her mother had no idea of the poor conditions her daughter lived in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From ignorance to hope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year later, Miriam's mother attended a Justice Training at the church. There, she learned that the restavex system is a modern form of slavery, in which children are exploited as domestic workers. She realised that she should not have done this to her daughter. In tears, she called the course leader and told him everything. Determined, she went to Cavaillon to get Miriam back. Despite their poverty, she brought her daughter back home. What a turnaround!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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