Born Poor

Born Poor is a story based on true incidents which I witnessed with my very own eyes. It depicts how many women - from various South Asian, East Asian countries and Africa - travel to the Middle East full of dreams and hopes. They accept meager salaries, which however translates into a decent carning back home, thanks to currency exchange values.Most work as housemaids. Consequently, they sacrifice their whole life and also fall prey to their bosses.They are sexually abused, even raped, and full of guilt, they do not wish to live any more.Take the case of a young and beautiful Filipino girl who worked as a housemaid, and was threatened with execution in the United Arab Emirates at the age of 16. She had been sentenced by an Islamic court on the charge of stabbing her employer when he attempted to rape her. I cant feel happy here because I am always watched, and every mistake is seized upon. Everything just seems chaotic, she said of life as an emigrant.Born Poor is a story that aims to make the reading public about the harsh reality of lives in our times. To be aware of the travails that our fellow human beings face, and how they need support - especially in the case of the poor who happen to be women. Those who work so hard, and travel long distances, not because chey want to live in Paradise, but because they aim to tend to their children, to look after their families, to send their earnings home in trving and touch situations.