Am all alone trying to work so hard to cater for me and my siblings. I had choices to join a group of bad girls to make fast money. But I refused. I chose to work hard legitimately because I know good work pays even if it delays. I don't mind sacrificing my time and energy. And now that got me here, am suffering a great deal. 

I am stuck here because the agent seized my passport. No one is willing to help me get out of here. Am trying so hard to reach the Nigerian immigration here..but to no avail. I can't leave the office because they locked me inside..and camera is everywhere…My thoughts are becoming suicidal. Please help me!”

Glory contacted us from her agent’s office in the Beqaa Valley. She had been brought to Lebanon believing that she would be working in a hotel, not as a housemaid. For the three months she’d been in Lebanon, she’d received no payment. 

When we contacted her agent, he told us: “Glory is taking all her rights here and I asked her many times if she wants to leave and she is insisting that she wants to stay. She’s more than good here in Lebanon.”

The agent went as far as recording Glory saying: “I want to stay here and work. You are doing propaganda for the media. Stay away from me.” 

We understood that Glory was under pressure, and we told her agent that we would post about him if he didn’t send Glory home. 

Glory later told us he became stressed and almost hit her, smashing her phone onto the floor and breaking it. But he did send Glory home. 

On 19 October, 2019, Glory wrote to us again saying: “Thank you so much for everything you did for me. Thank you for understanding my situation and was sensitive enough to know when I was being threatened. Thank you for fighting for me when I was weak and couldn't defend myself.