Maybe I should explain some of what I've previously written regarding the labourers etc.
In another site (expatwoman.com) I asked if anyone was interested in helping the underprivedged labourers here. Here's a copy of what is written in expatwoman. If you are interested, then please feel free to respond.
Regarding helping the distressed labourers here in Doha. There are some workers who have good employers and a regular salary, they are the lucky ones. There are many more whose living quarters are abysmal, and whose living situations are going from bad to worse, even suicidal.
Would you like to help??
I want to know how many of you folk would like to donate something. I spoke to the Charge d'affairs at the Nepali embassy yesterday, and the problems of the labourers go up and down daily. There is a financial need right now for one particular worker. But one particular email from an expat mentioned a worker who was passing out from lack of good diet. He's only eaten rice for the past 3 months?? In his case, the workers are given 5 riyals per day for food, but with such a small salary, many won't spend the money to feed themselves properly, preferring to save it and send it home instead.
One worker I spoke with from Nepal recently was on 600 QR per month, which sounds quite OK. However, he has to get his own food out of that and pay something towards accomodation. This kind of abuse takes place regularly, so even though some may seem to get a reasonable salary, its taken from them in other ways.
Some of the needs that require financial attention are health treatment fees, electricity and water bills in the camps, sanitation problems, and repatriation fees.
I'm not asking what the legal problems are with all this, I just want to find out if there are enough folks who'd like to help.
To make sure we don't get this forum swamped , I think it would be best to write to my email address: [email protected]
Maybe I should explain some of what I've previously written regarding the labourers etc.
In another site (expatwoman.com) I asked if anyone was interested in helping the underprivedged labourers here. Here's a copy of what is written in expatwoman. If you are interested, then please feel free to respond.
Regarding helping the distressed labourers here in Doha. There are some workers who have good employers and a regular salary, they are the lucky ones. There are many more whose living quarters are abysmal, and whose living situations are going from bad to worse, even suicidal.
Would you like to help??
I want to know how many of you folk would like to donate something. I spoke to the Charge d'affairs at the Nepali embassy yesterday, and the problems of the labourers go up and down daily. There is a financial need right now for one particular worker. But one particular email from an expat mentioned a worker who was passing out from lack of good diet. He's only eaten rice for the past 3 months?? In his case, the workers are given 5 riyals per day for food, but with such a small salary, many won't spend the money to feed themselves properly, preferring to save it and send it home instead.
One worker I spoke with from Nepal recently was on 600 QR per month, which sounds quite OK. However, he has to get his own food out of that and pay something towards accomodation. This kind of abuse takes place regularly, so even though some may seem to get a reasonable salary, its taken from them in other ways.
Some of the needs that require financial attention are health treatment fees, electricity and water bills in the camps, sanitation problems, and repatriation fees.
I'm not asking what the legal problems are with all this, I just want to find out if there are enough folks who'd like to help.
To make sure we don't get this forum swamped , I think it would be best to write to my email address: [email protected]
Thanks, in anticipation.
Angelwings