Chris contacted TIL because she hadn't been paid for 6 mths. Her madam said she was withholding her salary "in case she escapes". One call from TIL got her paid .
Glory wrote to us feeling suicidal. She was tricked into going to Lebanon thinking she'd be working in a hotel. She was abused and unpaid. We got her home.
Jenny's employer died and his brother was planning to take her to the agency against her wishes. We advocated for her repatriation and she was sent home.
Thanks to pressure from This Is Lebanon, Doreen’s employers finally let her return home on 7 June, 2019. She left Lebanon with $1,000 in cash and $9,197 paid via Western Union in four separate payments. No wonder Doreen was dancing with joy when she got home.
Keriya’s family contacted This Is Lebanon on 23 December 2018. They were worried because Keriya, an Ethiopian national, had been in Lebanon for six years. She had finished her contract. Why hadn’t she come home? Why hadn’t she sent them any money for six months?