Not only do the Nosals look after African children but they care for children and young people from around the world, caring for them in a safe loving environment at the Domaine in Castanet. I have met a few of the young people there. Fredo who has been there a long time and could not be a happier soul. He loves to work, it is hard to stop him doing jobs about the place and in the evening his pleasure is painting. Mamadou from Mali will leave school this summer and start an apprenticeship with a local firm. Ahad from Bengal will also move on to Montauban in September where he has got a place for two years training in hotel management. Ahad is a very bright lad who when he came to the Nosals 6 months ago could speak no French. His languages being Bengali and English. He is now very fluent in French but is worried that he is losing his English which he rightly thinks is the language of the world. I have offered when our nephews come on holiday to have him over here to talk to the boys but what he will make of their northern accents I am not sure.We do not want to invite him before the 10th of August as he explained as his duty to his God Allah,he is in the middle of Ramadan. He eats and drinks nothing from 4 in the morning till 10 at night. He said near ten at night he spends a lot of time looking at his watch ready for the moment to tuck in.
I really love seeing these youngsters whose life so far have been so deprived and affected by circumstances beyond their control getting back on course to be happy and integrated in society. Well done again to Winnie and Jean Marie, and these are a mere sample of children who in their lives the couple have helped.
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