Emmanuel

My name is Emmanuel, I’m from Nigeria. In my country I was persecuted for political reasons, I risked my life every day. So I decided to flee and reached the Italian coast on a rickety boat after a terrible journey across the desert. My biggest fear, besides drowning during the trip, was crossing Libya, where the risk of being imprisoned and enslaved is constant.

I am a worker, I want to contribute to the growth of this country that has welcomed me: I have a degree in Economics, but I have always been willing to do any job to be able to support myself.

At the moment I live in a refugee center in the province of Brescia, with many other guys like me, but my dream is to become independent and, one day, to have the opportunity to return to Nigeria without risking my life.

My story is truly special: when I arrived in Italy I didn’t know what to do, how to survive, so I was begging for money in front of a well-known restaurant in Milan. After finding out about the 4aHuman project, I learned Italian, prepared my CV and started looking for a job.

Now I work in the kitchen of the very same restaurant in front of which I was begging for money to survive.
I am grateful to this project for believing in me and allowing me to start over.