When I first got here I went to driving school to get things sorted out for my lisence.While I was waiting for someone, I met an indian worker who asked me for the time and I told him and he was like u know I've been waiting here since 6 pm ( it was 9 pm!). He was there for three hours just waiting. I was like why? where are the people who are supposed to come? He was like Boss always makes me wait for three hours, maybe more. I was like what do u do here ? and he told me his story. And here's how it goes:
He came to Qatar three months ago, and was supposed to work as a driver, but his sponsor told him that if he worked around the house for three months then he'll take the indian guy to driving school to get the lisence. Also, the guy only gets one meal a day, hasn't had any contact with his family since he reached here, hasn't been paid a single riyal, isn't allowed to eat anything other than that one meal and has worked like a slave for the past three months. And when his Boss finally takes him to driving school, he makes him wait three (or more) hours till someone would come and take him home. What human heart would allow such slavery?
I helped the guy out by giving him some money, but what more could I have done? It's the worst feeling to see something terrible happening and being unable to stop it. It's about time we all woke up and realized that all those cruelities are happening, yes they do happen around the world but right now we're in Qatar and it's happening and we should do something to help. So guys when u see someone less priveledged than u please give them something, be it money, food, anything. We were blessed with a comfy life, others were not so let's help out.
So where are their charity organizations here to help? Where can I go volunteer to try to make a difference ?
Here's a story that really touched my heart.
When I first got here I went to driving school to get things sorted out for my lisence.While I was waiting for someone, I met an indian worker who asked me for the time and I told him and he was like u know I've been waiting here since 6 pm ( it was 9 pm!). He was there for three hours just waiting. I was like why? where are the people who are supposed to come? He was like Boss always makes me wait for three hours, maybe more. I was like what do u do here ? and he told me his story. And here's how it goes:
He came to Qatar three months ago, and was supposed to work as a driver, but his sponsor told him that if he worked around the house for three months then he'll take the indian guy to driving school to get the lisence. Also, the guy only gets one meal a day, hasn't had any contact with his family since he reached here, hasn't been paid a single riyal, isn't allowed to eat anything other than that one meal and has worked like a slave for the past three months. And when his Boss finally takes him to driving school, he makes him wait three (or more) hours till someone would come and take him home. What human heart would allow such slavery?
I helped the guy out by giving him some money, but what more could I have done? It's the worst feeling to see something terrible happening and being unable to stop it. It's about time we all woke up and realized that all those cruelities are happening, yes they do happen around the world but right now we're in Qatar and it's happening and we should do something to help. So guys when u see someone less priveledged than u please give them something, be it money, food, anything. We were blessed with a comfy life, others were not so let's help out.
So where are their charity organizations here to help? Where can I go volunteer to try to make a difference ?