BREAKING:
An anonymous donor has made a donation worth of 35,000 dollars to the cause. The entirety of this amount will be used to cover the girls' plane tickets. We are keeping this fundraiser open because we are hoping to collect money that will be given to the girls to go home with. Most of them have been here for years and have never been able to fulfil their initial purpose of supporting their families back home. Instead, they have sustained so much trauma, thousands of miles away from their loved ones. We would really like to send them home with a bit of money. Please contribute in any way you can! Thank you so much.
ENGLISH:
38 Cameroonian women are currently stuck in Lebanon after being rendered homeless by their employers. Due to the economic crisis, many were laid off without pay.
Many were also thrown out without their belongings and passports. The cameroonese consulate in Lebanon has arranged for their repatriation (ie issued them with airport clearances) but has asked them to pay for their tickets which cost up to 800$ right now. Needless to say, the girls cannot afford mere means of subsistence, so we have set up this donation page to bring them home!
The girls have managed to find a few rooms to stay in, however they are struggling to pay rent and are constantly being threatened with eviction. A group of friends and I have gathered item donations and will provide them with food, clothes and other first necessity items. But these are only temporary solutions, so we need to get them home as soon as possible.
FRANÇAIS:
38 femmes camerounaises sont en ce moment coincées au Liban. Victimes de la crise économique, elles sont abandonnées par leurs employeurs et dépourvues de leur paye.
Abandonnées sans passeports ni effets personnels, le consulat camerounais au Liban leur a accordé des laissez-passer à condition qu'elles payent leur billet d'avion, s'élevant à plus de 800$. Ces femmes peinent à subvenir à leurs besoins de première nécessité. Nous avons donc créé cette cagnotte pour leur permettre de rentrer chez elles.
Ces femmes ont pu trouver un endroit où loger, mais subissent régulièrement des menaces d'expulsion, liées aux difficultés à payer le loyer. Avec un groupe d'amis, nous avons pu rassembler des dons qui seront accompagnés de nourritures, vêtements ainsi que d'autres produits de première nécessité. Mais ceci n'est que temporaire, car la véritable solution serait de leur permettre de rentrer chez elles le plus rapidement possible.
