I just came across this online petition urging immediate action for the rescue of the Cameroonian girls who are currently being treated as slaves in the Middle East. You can read and sign it HERE
SAVE CAMEROONIAN GIRLS ENSLAVED, STARVED AND EVEN KILLED IN KUWAIT.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) provides the rights for people to live and work in any country that is a signatory to this declaration. Cameroon migrant workers, mainly girls, are being enslaved, starved and killed in Kuwaiti homes in the 21st Century. Horror stories of those who have managed to escape are so disturbing that we cannot sit back and pretend as if nothing is happening. In the following audio tape here attached, you will listen to the horrible ordeals the girls went through. One of the girls recounts how she was forced to share a room with four cats while another recounts how she was forced to having sex with her master on several occasions. When she brought to matter to the attention of wife, both the husband and wife planned to kill her. Another one recounts how her educational certificates were confiscated along with her passport and her entire belongings. After a long struggle, she finally arrived home with just a single dress on her.
The trafficking RING is well established with local recruiters in Cameroon paid huge sums of money to recruit the girls. The girls are usually promised descent jobs only to arrive Kuwait and find out they have been dubbed. From the moment they arrive, they become properties of the local sponsors. One victim recalls how she was called a slave throughout her time in Kuwait. Another who was recruited in Cameroon as trained nurse ended up in another Kuwaiti home where the story was not different.
The time to act is now. We must do the best we can to rescue these girls and denounce modern slavery in all its forms and shapes. Human dignity must be restored in the lives of these girls who have done nothing wrong to be treated like animals. Together we can make a difference.
Listen to some of their testimonies in this audio link: Testimonies of Cameroonian Ladies Trapped In Human Trafficking in Kuwait and Lebanon by Tapang Ivo Tanku - https://m.soundcloud.com/tapang-ivo-tanku-1/testimonies-of-cameroon-ladies-trapped-in-human-trafficking-in-kuwait-and-lebanon
3 comments:
MOITY I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WOULD POST A STORY ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THESE OUR SISTERS..AL JAAZERA AND CNN HAD ALREADY SHOWN US WHAT IS GOING ON THERE LIKE 4 YEARS BACK.IT'S A PITY WHAT CAMROONIANS DO IS WATCH NIGERIAN MOVIES AND POST STUPID PICTURES ONLINE.THEY DON'T WANNA BE INFORMED ABOUT THINGS THAT CAN HELP THEM IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.I APPRECIATE THE WORK CRTV HAS DONE,AND THANK GOD EVERYBODY IS ON THE KNOW
Hello Moity, you are doing a great job on this issue. I am Christian, we are currently running an offline and online youth petiton on the Government of Cameroon, Kuwait and International Civil Societies to take action on this issue.We are looking forth to mobilise over 3000 youths both from Cameroon and abroad to participate in this petiton.
Please do well to share this Link on your blog. Thanks
https://www.change.org/p/the-government-of-the-republic-of-cameroon-the-government-of-kuwait-the-international-civil-society-1-crackdown-on-all-agents-in-cameroon-trafficking-in-human-beings-2-carry-out-negotiations-for-the-return-of-cameroon-girls-enslaved-or-forcefully-hel?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Hi Achaleke, kudos for what you are doing as well. Please could you provide a more precise link. I copied and pasted the link you provided, but it wasn't found, so it took me to the change.org home page.
Cheers
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