{"id":20738,"date":"2019-09-18T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/blog\/trouver-une-nouvelle-famille-au-baobab-familial\/"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:22:15","slug":"finding-a-new-family-at-the-baobab-familial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/blog\/finding-a-new-family-at-the-baobab-familial\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a new family at the Baobab Familial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When I come here, I feel replenished with strength. <br><br>Now that I come to Baobab Familial, this is my family. When I come here, I feel replenished with strength.<\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI come from India.&nbsp; I came to Canada in 2004 \u2013 I spoke neither English nor French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2005 and 2013, I worked at the airport, packing food for planes. It was a job that didn\u2019t require me to talk, you see. But because I didn\u2019t speak English or French, my husband took all of my money. I worked for $16 an hour, and my husband took everything. He didn\u2019t leave me a cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband was a big problem. I called my family, and my family called the police in Canada, and the police came to my home to get me and my children out of there. I was still pregnant at that time, actually. I stayed in a women&#8217;s shelter for six months. My baby was born there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women&#8217;s shelter helped me find an apartment, and now I live in C\u00f4te-des-Neiges. I didn\u2019t have any friends here, because my husband wouldn\u2019t let me talk to anyone. Even when I called my family, he put the phone on speaker so he could listen to the conversation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I come here [to Baobab Familial], this is my family. Sometimes when I\u2019m feeling a little sad, I come here, I speak a little French, a little English, people ask me how I\u2019m doing, we chat\u2026 and it really cheers me up. When I come here, I feel replenished with strength.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Anonyme&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintenant que je viens au Baobab Familial, ce sont eux ma famille. 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