{"id":5269,"date":"2020-07-09T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2020-07-09T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:52:57","slug":"sad-sad-and-sad-whats-next-for-these-ethiopian-workers-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/07\/09\/sad-sad-and-sad-whats-next-for-these-ethiopian-workers-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad, sad, and sad\u2026 What\u2019s next for these Ethiopian workers in Lebanon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today, Bambi woke up to sad news (see videos below) relayed by her own sister, journalist Roula Douglas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A woman seems to have attempted to commit suicide. Did she survive? Bambi closed her eyes and prayed for her\u2026  In the first video, we hear the shocking lamentations of her friends (from the balcony). In the second video, we see the Lebanese Red Cross ambulance. We assume she died\u2026 but then Bambi heard that she has survived (it all depends on how she fell down\u2026 Miracles do happen). Let\u2019s hope she will hang on to life to heal from whichever hospital bed she may be lying in now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tragedy is that that there is a shortage of US$ in\nLebanon and there is a HUGE inflation. The whole country is suffering, sadly\nincluding this community of foreign workers \u2639.\nThey are usually paid in US money, as per their working contract. Their bosses\ncan no longer afford to feed themselves (and them) to be able to pay their salary.\nSome of these bosses may have lost their humanity (who knows?) or their sanity?!\nSo, these workers found themselves kicked out to the streets. Luckily, community\norganizations and big-hearted people remain there to help\u2026 even the bankrupt government\ndid something good at one point (finding shelter for some of them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists have been urging the Ethiopian government and\nthe UN to help repatriate them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are about 250,000 foreign workers\nin Lebanon, it seems, mostly Ethiopian. Others are from other African and Asian\ncountries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some activists are reporting up to two suicides per\nday in this group \u2639.\nCan you imagine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Can someone do something PLEASE!?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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