The Lebanese Madame/Mister Training Academy is pleased to invite you to sign up for our first session of classes! The Lebanese Madame/Mister Training Academy seeks to teach Madames and Misters how to treat a domestic worker who comes to live in their home with respect and dignity. It is the first course of its kind [...]
Georgette, a migrant worker from Benin, speaks out about conditions for migrant workers in Lebanon for International Workers’ Day 2011.
As part of the Migrant Worker Task Force’s efforts for International Workers’ Day 2011, we took to the streets of Beirut and asked migrant workers their opinions and thoughts on working conditions in Beirut as well their demands and hopes for International Workers’ Day 2011.This is Priya, a young woman from Nepal and long-time resident [...]
Call to action this Sunday On Saturday, February 26 a 30-year old woman from Nepal named Samoay Wanching Tamang committed suicide at her employers apartment in Jdeide under mysterious circumstances. The Police are shutting up, her employers are shutting up, and no one is willing to ask WHY? Why is one migrant worker dying a [...]
The center is on. The Alternative Language Center is a Center in Beirut which offers opportunities for instruction in a number of languages commonly in use in Lebanon but not well-understood by many Lebanese people. The languages taught include: -Tagalog/Filipino, -Amharic (from Ethiopia), -Tamil (from Sri Lanka), and -Malagasy (from Madagascar). These languages are spoken [...]
We had a brilliant meeting this week aimed at developing some tangible ideas for the Migrant Worker Task Force. The idea is to set up a center or a core group with an eye towards improving the condition of migrant workers in this country, particularly with respect to education and social services. Action proposals: -Language [...]
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