After Marvis (29) got his degree in accountancy, he wanted to discover new perspectives in life and learn about other cultures. This choice stemmed from some important life lessons he received from those close to him. “All my energy is channelled towards my academic life right now.” “A while ago I moved from Nigeria to…
O masa caldă warm meal for the vulnerable Muntean Ionuț is the executive manager for the project O Masă Caldă (“A Warm Meal”). Ionuț first started as a volunteer. O Masă Caldă project started in Cluj, and it has been operating since June 2013. They prepare food from Monday to Friday, including the holidays…
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.
