by Beyond Borders | Nov 27, 2019 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
They don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day in Haiti. I’m reminded, though, as I prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with family here in the U.S. tomorrow, that the people who I consider to be real thanksgiving experts are predominantly people I’ve gotten to know over my...
by Beyond Borders | Nov 14, 2019 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Uncategorized, Volunteers & Friends
A note from David … I don’t know many people as brave as Sarah or Monique.* After being brutally attacked with a knife by the woman who had enslaved her, Sarah, who was only 11-years-old at the time, ran away without knowing where she could find anyone to care...
by Beyond Borders | Oct 22, 2019 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
I want to share with you the latest on the political crisis in Haiti from our team there. Weeks of escalating protests in Port-au-Prince and other cities have disrupted life in much of the country. The vast majority of those demonstrating have done so peacefully, but...
by Beyond Borders | Nov 20, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
Today, on Universal Children’s Day, I want to share this short video with you from our colleagues at the Child Labor Coalition. At Beyond Borders we are proud to be members of the Child Labor Coalition and to help lead the movement to end child domestic servitude in...
by Beyond Borders | Aug 3, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog
Linda, a leader in one of Beyond Borders’ newly created Teen Clubs, was preparing for a club gathering in her Port-au-Prince neighborhood one afternoon when she heard a bloodcurdling scream. “It was the kind of scream that made you think someone was in danger,” Linda...
by Beyond Borders | Apr 3, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Our Blog, Volunteers & Friends
On Lagonav Island, the Atlantic-Midwest Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame is partnering with Beyond Borders to protect vulnerable children from slavery and abuse. Here are two aspects of the work that the Beyond Borders-SSND Partnership makes possible:...
