A desire to travel

The dream of seeing his family again

Mr M.*, who is supported by the MyWay team, had a dream: to return to his country of birth, Morocco. To see his mother and sister again, whom he calls every week.

But travelling to Morocco was no easy task for the team. He needs weekly hospital care. His entire support network therefore had to be informed so that the hospital he attends in Brussels could find a hospital for him in Morocco.

The first step was successful: a hospital was found and his dialysis sessions were arranged for one month, at no additional cost.

One month was therefore the length of time he would be able to travel.

A budget was made available. Mr M. had the money, and all that remained was to book the tickets.
 

A phone call that makes the journey possible

The departure date was approaching, but the ticket had not yet been booked. We needed to meet him to book his tickets. However, no Amazigh interpreter was available that day. Mr M. is Berber, does not speak French very well and communication mainly takes place through interpreters. These interpreters are difficult to find because there are so few of them.

Then we remembered a conversation with one of our colleagues. A colleague who does not work in a field team but speaks Amazigh.

A call was made during a meeting and our colleague spoke with Mr M. By the end of the call, the tickets had been booked.

Mr M. left on a Saturday. We were therefore not there to accompany him to the airport. But he left. We had no news from him for a month.

When Mr M. returned, he had a smile on his face that we had rarely seen before. He was happy to have been able to visit his family again and to return to the places he knows.
 

- Story from Charlène, social worker at MyWay