Friday, August 19, 2011

Being a maid in Lebanon

"Forced to work as a "slave maid" for wealthy families in Lebanon for 15 years, Abeline Baholiarisoa - a 59-year-old woman from Madagascar - finally achieved her freedom in March.  Madagascar's government chartered a plane to evacuate her and 85 other women.  The youngest of her four children, whom she left behind when he was six years old, played a key role in her evacuation, tracking her down via a welfare agency that rescues "slave maids", she says.  Ms Baholiarisoa says she was trapped in "a living hell" after being duped into going to Lebanon."  (thanks Laleh)