Sunday, September 11, 2011

Days 40-46: for Olga

Tomorrow, I have an interview for a job on campus.  The only real fear I have are tripping over my words and wearing something too casual.  It's pretty much a general understanding that job interviews are supposed to be at least a little bit daunting, but honestly, we have it so easy.  This week, I ran for Olga who moved from Moldova to the United Arab Emirates in search of a job.  I know a little bit of the intimidation she must have felt about moving to a new area.  I feel the same nervousness she probably felt meeting her new supervisor.  But nothing I've ever been through could ever relate to what happened to Olga next...

Olga, 23, came to Dubai from Moldova on a visitor visa after hearing about a job opportunity there. A Russian woman and an Indian man picked her up at the airport when she arrived. They took her to their apartment and told her she would instead be prostituted. When she refused, they beat her and threatened to kill her and bury her in the desert. They threatened to harm her if she did not pay them back for her travel expenses, and then sent Olga to a local hotel to meet customers and collect money from them. After two weeks, Olga met another woman from Moldova in the hotel and told her about her condition. The woman advised her to report her situation to the police, who raided the apartment and arrested the suspected traffickers.

source of Olga's story

23.00 miles for Olga
251.27 miles to date.

Ruby
Sandra
Berchewkan
Mani
Sophea
Janna
Syowai
Ka
Stephanie
Alex
Mai
Khamta
Adaze
Jayati
Boloztuya
Prettygirl
Theresa
Esperanza
Xuan
Geeta
Debbie
G.Q., N.H., and S.O.
Anuradha
Veronica
Martina
Shauna
Rosa
Jaycee
Charlotte Awino
Kikka Cerpa
Jana
Lannie
Samira
Mari
Sarah
Mao Mao
Keisha
Brittany
Gabriella
Akemi
Olga

Because He first loved me,
Stephanie

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