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For 15 years, we have been coordinating humanitarian projects with NGOs from different countries for countries in humanitarian crisis. At the same time, we provide training in humanitarian professions.
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Our project: Support the creation of a shelter for domestic aid worker victim of human traficking and sexual exploitation.
250,000 foreign maids.
Le Lebanon hosts approximately 250,000 foreign domestic workers – the vast majority of whom are women –, for a population of over 6 million.Slightly more than half are Ethiopian.The others are from Ghana, from Nigeria, Mozambique, from Sierra Leone or Sudan.Some from Asia. These women earn an average of $200 per month and are among the first victims of the crisis. Unpaid wages, layoffs, violence... Many want to return home. But faced with requests for repatriation, African diplomats are turning a deaf ear. “ The doors of the consulate are closed, they even tightened security so that no one enters ».
Two maids die every week.
This system is the kafala, a legal provision distinct from the Labor Code which regulates the activity of domestic servants and places them under the authority of a guarantor, the employer. Regardless of her age, the domestic worker is considered by Lebanese law as a minor. In most cases, she lives with the family she serves, and whose language she does not speak, in a small maid's room. Visa, residence, travel, working conditions, access to health, communications…It's all the responsibility of the employer. Cases of abuse are numerous: confiscated passports, denied leave, unpaid wages, but also the prohibition of having friends or a private life, kidnapping, sexual harassment and physical abuse are common practices. They are not even allowed to resign without the employer's consent. If they "run away", they fall under the law.The Lebanese police can then force them back or throw them in jail. According to the Lebanese security services, two servants die every week in Lebanon. Most deaths are counted as suicides by defenestration, but according to some NGOs, there are also murders.
“A form of modern slavery”.
In an attempt to limit overflows, the Lebanese Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization (ILO) have been working since April 2019 on a reform of the kafala. According to the local press, the new contract could guarantee servants a maximum of ten hours of daily work, fifteen days of annual leave, a single room with lighting and window, the right to move freely and above all the right to resign.
"The current system is a form of modern slavery.It's time for things to change", explained the Minister of Labor, Camille Abousleiman, to the English newspaper The Independent, in May 2019.The Lebanese government has since collapsed and Camille Abousleiman has been dismissed. Lamia Yammine, the new minister, has promised to take over the file, but given the scale of the current crisis, not sure that the kafala is a priority today.
Build a reception and support center for domestic victims of abuse and traffic.
A woman who flees her executioners will find herself without a passport, without money and without legal recourse.The project will set up a structure to support her women and help them return home in dignified and respectable conditions.The project will support all forms of violence and abuse: women who are unjustly imprisoned will be supported and visited, women who have children (prohibited by law) will be supported.It is time to act now before thousands of women find themselves on the streets or caught up in women trafficking networks.The fact that the Lebanese law is not on their side only exacerbates the situation, only local and associative initiatives can stem the plight of these workers.
