Tripoli , Libya ( CNN ) -- Shweyga Mullah gestures a greeting to her visitors at Tripoli 's burn hospital . Her head wrapped in fresh bandages , her frail body under a red fleece blanket , Mullah is slowly regaining her dignity . Tears stream down her cheeks , not of pain anymore , but relief . She is grateful for all those who have helped her in her ordeal . She prays now for God to heal her and return her to her family in Ethiopia . Mullah worked as a nanny for two of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's grandchildren . When she could n't keep one from crying , Aline , the wife of Gadhafi 's son Hannibal , poured boiling water on her head . CNN journalists discovered her in Hannibal Gadhafi 's plush home after anti-Gadhafi forces overran Tripoli and Hannibal Gadhafi and his wife fled to Algeria . Mullah 's scalp and face were a mosaic of injuries that rendered her face into a grotesque patchwork . Even though the burns were inflicted three months ago , she was still in considerable pain . `` I think it 's a crime against humanity , '' said Naji Barakat , the new Libyan health minister . Apparently , it was not just Mullah who suffered as servants of Hannibal Gadhafi 's family . A man too frightened to reveal his name led CNN reporters to another one of Hannibal Gadhafi 's properties , a gated , high-walled villa-like house , where the man said more abuse was meted out to staffers . `` Shweyga is not the only one , '' he said , describing a Sudanese man who was also scalded with water after he burned an undershirt he was ironing . He said the foreign staff bore the brunt of the abuse . Another foreign nanny contacted CNN and described Aline Gadhafi as a `` sadist '' and a `` psychologically sick '' woman . A room in the villa perhaps bears out the nanny 's words -- a prison cell in a private home . Back at the burn hospital , Mullah faces months of recuperation and surgery . Her story generated enormous public response . So far , people have donated more than $ 16,000 dollars for her care . Now , CNN is working with several agencies to make sure that Mullah gets proper care and that she can get back home to her family after her nightmare under the Gadhafis .
A woman says Moammar ##i 's daughter - in - law threw boiling water on her . She is bleeding from her painful head wounds . A man says domestic staffers , especially foreigners , were abused . Another Nanny calls Mr Khan a ` ` sadist ''