Haitian kids exploited by tradition

A Grammy Award-winning musician and actor is using his star power to help rescue children being exploited in Haiti - a nation founded by freed slaves.

In a Freedom Project documentary airing on CNN International, Common shines a light on the plight of the Restaveks, the estimated 300,000 children working as domestic servants in Haiti.

The United Nations says the deeply rooted practice is a form of modern-day slavery.

Common said: "I just felt like I was entering another place, another world I had never experienced and I really had to prepare my mind to be in it."

In Haiti, he met children who are forced to work long hours and denied an education; he also met a team dedicated to securing their freedom.    More Read