“She is a shy girl. Especially in school she had a lot of trouble making friends. That is why we helped her to find a hobby. She said she wanted to do Kung Fu so we enrolled her into a Kung Fu course. At Kung Fu she didn’t make a lot of friends but she made one really good friend. Her name is Fula and they are inseparable. Whenever we go to the mall to buy groceries and she sees a bracelet or a nice toy, she always asks: “Can I buy this for Fula?”
(Tunis, Tunisia)

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