The Dumping Ground (TV Series)
Farvel (2017)
Connor Lawson: Alex Walker
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Quotes
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Alex Walker : So, you know my story. Now tell me yours.
Kazima Tako : I had a home. I had a family in Somalia. But my brother Amir and my father were attacked, and so we had to leave. We ran day and night, and when they wouldn't stop following us, Amir and my father led them in another direction so me and my mum could escape. My mum and I ended up in a refugee camp. We thought we were safe. But my mum drank contaminated water... became ill... and died. When I made it to this country, people thought I was lucky. Family is everything. We are all part of a family somehow. We've all been pushed into this world. Being cared for, had our hands held, been fed, been loved. Family, no matter what shape, size or colour, is the only thing that matters. Everyone in this house is wanting and waiting for their families to return, for their blood to be together again. And for those who haven't got blood to return to, they hope, they dream, they wish for a new family. Another family. A forever family. Family doesn't have to be blood - some of the best families are found and put together. So while we wait and we hope and we dream... we make a new family here. These people are my family. And they are everything. I have a family, and I have a home, but I also have blood out there. My blood family... my life. It's all I ever wanted, to be reunited with Amir and my father. To have them back at my side.
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Kazima Tako : You're not going to stop me from being with my father.
Alex Walker : I'm not stopping you.
Kazima Tako : You causing trouble makes me want to leave here faster. You're turning everyone against you, everyone who lives here, and Mike and May-Li are running out of patience with you. Sort yourself out, or you'll never have a happy ever after.
Alex Walker : Everyone I ever trusted has left me! Everybody I ever cared about just goes. You, George. My mum. After she left, my dad would go away for days. I've learnt to look after myself because... everyone who just pretends to care just leaves. You talk about a family. And a home. I don't know what those things are.
Kazima Tako : No. This, here... this is your home. And everyone here is your family.
