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FAIR Talks | We Are HUMAIN
by Brianna Keen October 12, 2018

The man who inspired Elena, sophomore at LMU and founder of the non-profit, H.U.M.A.I.N, is now 70 years old. He was trafficked from Haiti when he was only 15, a story not uncommon to the men of the Bateyes. He has cut sugarcane from 7 am to 6 pm for 56 years.

Posted in Anti-Trafficking, blog, Dominican Republic, elderly, Fair Talks, fair trade, Fair Trade Sugar, farmers, Haiti, Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, plantations, Sugar, sugarcane

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