Nigerians love travelling out to greener pastures all over the world. But the reality is that modern slavery and deceptions of easy wages are very real. This story of the Cameroonian woman M.Sc holder who fell into slavery in Kuwait is an eye opener. Beware!

It's been a tortuous journey for Francisca Awah. Last month, the 35-year-old from Cameroon spoke in front of an audience that included Ivanka Trump and the US Secretary of State, when she was honored for her contribution to the fight against human trafficking.

But just three years ago Awah was living in modern slavery, trapped and abused as a domestic worker in Kuwait.
In the spring of 2015, Awah answered an advertisement for an English-teaching job in Kuwait. The pay was good, better than anything she could earn in her home town of Kumba, in south-west Cameroon, even though she had a Masters degree and spoke fluent English. She had a two-year-old son to support, and when she was offered the job, she accepted.
The reality, it turned out, was very different.

'Sick and exhausted'

When she arrived in Kuwait she says she was immediately taken to work as a maid in a private home, employed through an agency. She says she was moved between homes for a few weeks, and then eventually ended up with a Kuwaiti family, who she says took her passport.
Awah says the family forced her to work long hours, sometimes in the blistering Kuwaiti sun, with very little sleep.
She says she got sick and exhausted and suffered from back pain from the constant cleaning.
When she asked to leave she says the family told her she would have to repay the $3,000 they had given the agency for her, and she would also have to pay for her flight home.

She says she was paid 75 Kuwaiti dinars (about $250) a month for the two months she was with the family.

Stories of hope

Awah says she plucked up the courage to turn on the television while she was working. She found herself watching The CNN Freedom Project, which reports on all forms of modern slavery.
"Sometimes they show people that they have saved," she later told CNN. "I was having hopes."
One report, profiling Katie Ford, the former CEO of a modeling agency, who now runs anti-slavery organization Freedom for All in the US, struck a particular chord.

Awah says she had a cell phone and used it to find Ford's details on the internet. She contacted Ford, who coached her through her eventual escape to a friendly embassy, ............

Read more at http://www.naijapoint.com.ng/2018/08/24/travelling-to-ku…-slavery-is-real/ ‎

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250x363. =90750/month... As a maid....



Pls don't quote me yet, let me come out of the rain 1st

This is pure slavery

Arabs see blacks as below animals and do whatever they want to them.
See the way they treat their women. Are you sure you really want to test yourself?
My friends who’ve visited Dubai say if a rich Arab hates you for no reason nothing you do will ever change his opinion. He can secretly have you killed and nothing will happen even if caught red handed.

okwabayi:
Arabs see blacks as below animals and do whatever they want to them.
See the way they treat their women. Are you sure you really want to test yourself?
My friends who’ve visited Dubai say if a rich Arab hates you for no reason nothing you do will ever change his opinion. He can secretly have you killed and nothing will happen even if caught red handed.

Arabs hate themselves and can hate anyone for no reason. Not just black. Why do you think the Middle east knows no peace ?

Quick Fact: Saudi Arabia doesn't recognize Isreal as country.
Just last year, UAE, Saudi Arabia wanted to invade Qatar and the stopping of that invasion is what caused Rex Tillerson his job.
It's in their blood. So just forget it.

If you must go there, know what you are going for. There are numerous similar slavery stories online. I'll really blame anyone who goes through that road (maid, driver etc.) and regrets it. Information they say, is power.

Hustle legally, go wherever you want to do whatever you want (within ethical limits) but always stay woke!

Halarby:
If you must go there, know what you are going for. There are numerous similar slavery stories online. I'll really blame anyone who goes through that road (maid, driver etc.) and regrets it. Information they say, is power.

Hustle legally, go wherever you want to do whatever you want (within ethical limits) but always stay woke!

You are right but remember the lady never applied for job as maid. She applied fo teaching job through agency but she was forced to accept that maid job. Just pray not to fall into wrong hands because we are just too desperate. Look at lybia. With all that is happening in Lybia Nigerians are still traveling to that country