
NOUVELLES
1 Janvier 2020
Jessie. The dream of going home and starting over
Stories of rebirth
“I worked in a chemical plant in Uganda. After I got sick from an allergy to the materials we used, I had to leave work. I bought a small kiosk to sell food to passers-by. Everything was fine, until I was cheated by an agency that offered me a job in the Middle East. I thought I had found a great opportunity, but instead found myself in domestic slavery. I worked tirelessly and received no food or compensation. I thought only of escaping from that terrible situation. During a first attempt to escape, I was raped by a taxi driver whom I had asked for help. But despair led me to flee again and fortunately the other taxi driver accompanied me to the embassy. It was the beginning of a new life: I arrived in a house of nuns who took care of me, giving me food, clothes, dignity. One day I asked the sisters about the possibility of returning home: I often thought of the happiness that I got from owning that small kiosk, just a few years before. The sisters helped me to obtain the documents and to make contact with my country of
origin. Today I live in Uganda and the nuns continue to help me in my path of work and social reintegration”. (TK Uganda).
Photo credit: Lisa Kristine
LE RÉSEAU
DANS LE MONDE
Talitha Kum est présent dans 92 pays sur les 5 continents: 14 en Afrique, 18 en Asie, 17 en Amérique, 41 en Europe et 2 en Océanie. Les réseaux de Talitha Kum: 44 réseaux nationaux: 9 en Afrique, 11 en Asie, 15 en Amérique, 7 en Europe et 2 en Océanie. 7 coordination régionale: 2 en Amérique latine, 3 en Asie, 1 en Europe et 1 en Afrique

“Quand les araignées rejoignent leurs filets,
elles peuvent abattre un lion”
(proverbe Éthiopien)