Duman

Duman lives here in supported housing. He has no family here and has a social worker. He turns up to class with irregularity. He class teachers continuously complain to me about his attendance. I speak to his social worker and he tells me that Duman has told him that he is attending full time.
I see Duman about three times in the voluntary session. The first session is a team building session. He tries to escape from taking part. He does not want to find out any sort of information from anyone who does not speak his first language. He stays close to those who speak his first language (Sorani). He has no understanding of what the project is about. He keeps telling me that he does not understand. I try to get a more proficient English speaker from his language group to explain. He nods his head and I feel he only half understands.
He attends for two more sessions on local excursions to places of interest. He refuses to speak English when I ask him politely to do so. I do not see him anymore. I tell his social worker of the language problems that he may face if he does not attend the extra voluntary sessions.
His social worker tells me that Rzgar does not find the sessions interesting.
He has no further part to play in the project. I attends meetings and find out that he has experienced lots of racism. He wants to move to another city.
He is currently studying ESOL part time at Entry 2.