‘They saved me – now I want to save others’
The streets of west London were dark and empty as Anali za Guevarra walked towards a large, white mansion block in South Kensington. Just after 5am, before dawn on that winter morning, she stood at a corner. “I’m here,” she tapped into her phone. Seconds later, her phone pinged back. “I’m coming, I’m carrying a green bag. Please wait for me.”
Guevarra saw a woman emerge from one of the buildings clutching a holdall. She beckoned to her. The woman, panting with fear, walked up the icy street towards her. When she got close, Guevarra grabbed her hand and told her to run. When they arrived at the nearest underground station, Guevarra turned towards her companion. “She kept looking around to see if she was being followed,” she says. “But I was telling her: ‘You’re safe now.’”
The woman was Gloria, a Filipina domestic worker who had been brought to London by a wealthy Qatari family and exploited
