Emelia describes horrible conditions working for Dania Bitar. However, the worst part was she had not been paid. When we contacted Dania, she immediately sent Emelia to the Consulate, but has still refused to pay.
Joyce ran to the police station for help and protested to them that she was owed 7 months salary. The police threw her in a cell and she spent 5 months 10 days in detention.
It took some time for Charity to trust us with the contact information for her employers. Eventually, we began negotiations with her employers in September, 2020. She flew back to Ghana in October with her full salary.
Our Story
This Is Lebanon started to give a voice to domestic workers. Less than two years later we became the hotline for domestic workers in Lebanon.
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