For Ismaël (31), helping others is not an obligation, it’s his passion. He has been dreaming of helping people his whole life, which in turn makes him happy. Although he left Ivory Coast as a young man, he never gave up on his dreams. He has faced many obstacles, but he always stayed grateful for…
Saleh* is a man who flee from Syria when he was seventeen years old. He is a computer engineer who, besides his bad health conditions, tries to rebuild a peaceful life in Europe. This is his story. By Vera de Vries, Goga Dzeluri, Anano Chikhladze
Maria is only 28 years old and she’s the coordinator of the social workers team of Faros Elpidas. She started this journey in 2016 and until this day she tries her best to help all the people who entered in the Faros Elpidas’ office. What’s your motivation for helping these people? “I love to help…
“I feel truly happy when I’m painting. Next year I’ll get my diploma as a painter-decorator, but I’m thinking about doing an extra year. For a long time I thought about moving out, but I really want to do something that I like doing, rather than earning money. So I will stay home in ‘t…
“I grew up in Heist-Op-Den-Berg. My whole family lives there. I’m an only child and I always got what I wanted. I liked living in Heist but I felt more at home when I was in the city. As a child I visited Antwerp a lot. There’s always something to see and always something to…
“Me, my mom and my half sister lived together in Landen, a small city. I was really happy there. My mom has always been a very important person in my life. Our bond was almost unbreakable. My sister was a different story. There is a huge age gap between us, seven years. But our bond…
Having had a youth in poverty herself, Sarah is now working with vulnerable youngsters at Betonne Jeugd. “Having people around you makes you happier. But a lot of life is just luck.”
Mila is an ambitious, happy and powerful 10-year old girl from Antwerp. She tells us about how she sees life, her future and how the G-sports organization Wapper helped her.
“In life you get nothing for free, you have to work for it”, says Jeroen. “But I am happy to have people in my life who care for me.”
Mathias is dreaming of meeting a girl he can spend his life with. But first he has to deal with issues from his past.
