Violet worked as a sex worker in Kikubamutwe-Kabalagala in Kampala. When the country went into lockdown following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, she chose to reform and hunt for a decent job abroad.
“I never wanted to work anywhere in Uganda since I lived in shame and my worry was that people would notice me. Kampala is small, you cannot hide,” she explains.
Violet started looking out for people who would connect her to a job in the Middle East or Europe, and she was advised by a friend to open up a TikTok account.
“She told me there are many international job offers on TikTok and she advised me to consider looking for live broadcast sessions about job placements,” Violet explains.
In November 2022, she watched a live broadcast about job placements in Canada on the same platform.
