0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Attention! The My Life In Care videos
0:00:04 > 0:00:07'are about to receive their world premiere in the TV room.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'Don't miss these personal takes
0:00:09 > 0:00:12'on what life is really like in Ashdene Ridge.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15'And next up, it's Kazima.'
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- I don't want to.- Come on, Kaz. Everyone else is watching theirs.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I don't need to watch mine. I already know what happens.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25That's not the point and you know it.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Please?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28For me?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- OK, I'll watch it...- Yay!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- ..but you can't make me enjoy it. - OK.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I am Kazima Tako.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I was born in a country in Africa called Somalia,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45which is very hot and very beautiful.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49While I was little life there was hard, but good.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51But then a lot of bad things happened
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and I eventually ended up here in the Dumping Ground.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Oh, spare us the whole sob story, will you?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58You heartless pig.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I won't lie.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I have seen many things I wish I hadn't seen
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and I know it has changed the way I am.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08I used to be the kind of kid you couldn't stop talking.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11But now I try not to give too much away.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Do your parents even know where you are tonight?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Right, I think I should have a word with them.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- You can't.- Imagine if something bad had happened to you, eh?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24How do you think your parents would feel?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26And when you don't know who you can trust,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29you learn to value your own company.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I like being alone. Not that it's easy in this place.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I like it here.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35My own space.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Mike and May-Li aren't going to let you sleep in here, are they?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41If they find out.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44So, when the chance comes for a bit of quiet time by yourself,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46you have to make the most of it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53RADIO CRACKLES
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Hello? Hello?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Anyone there?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Thought not.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Sweet, sweet, peace and quiet.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Some people, though...
0:02:04 > 0:02:08find it hard to understand I am a private person.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Kaz, are you in trouble?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Of course not.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Kaz, they send everyone for these age assessment tests.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Are you really 14?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18How can you even say that?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- You know nothing about me.- Exactly!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Tell me something, anything... Kaz!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'People are always saying that I should join in more,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32'but when I do, those people are usually the first to complain.'
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- You can't see.- Shh!
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Maybe you need your eyes tested.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Maybe you should get your nose tested, for being too pokey.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- ALL:- Shh!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46'And when I do speak, I speak the truth.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48'The trouble is that sometimes
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'the truth is the last thing people want to hear.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- What is that?- That is Tee's artwork and my ticket to a fancy night out.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We're going to the opening night.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Whatever it is, it's most definitely not art, in my opinion.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Excuse me?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Sorry, Picasso - what do you mean, that's not art?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Art - real art - is about something. - Bo-ring...
0:03:07 > 0:03:10No, this is boring - safe.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Real artists take risks, stand out.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15An artist's work will be empty if the artist is empty -
0:03:15 > 0:03:18if they have nothing to say.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19My friends?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I wouldn't say that there's anyone in the Dumping Ground
0:03:22 > 0:03:23who is not a friend.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26There may be the odd one who is annoying,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28but they're all good people at heart.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Annoying?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Bit harsh.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Yeah, I wonder who she could mean(?) Tyler.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I mean, if there's anybody annoying in this place,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I've never met them.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43There are two friends from this place I am especially close to.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The first one is my roommate, Carmen.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50We're very different as people, but we usually rub along pretty well.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Well, you know me.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54"Easy-going" is my middle name.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I thought your middle name was Flor...
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Ooh, what's this bit coming up?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I think it was my jokes that brought us together.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- I don't like these pillows.- OK.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Well, we can change them, if you want.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Do you have any stones?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Big, flat, hard stones?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Joking.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I do love your jokes! Now, that is funny.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22My other great friend is Frank.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24He's the type who will drop everything
0:04:24 > 0:04:25for a friend who needs help.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Unless he's hungry,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29or sleepy,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31or Man U are on the TV.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But you get the basic point I'm making.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36He's a proper friend.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Thank you for this.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41No problem. Stay as long as you want.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43DOORBELL RINGS
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Already?- Who is it?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It's me, Mike.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Is Kazima there?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52No, um... No.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Come on, let us in!
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I lost the key!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Yes, Frank would do anything to cover a mate's back.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Frank?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09- Hide.- Where?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12'So it's a real shame that he's so terrible at it.'
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I'm coming in.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16What's that smell?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Smell?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Perfume.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Oh, yeah. My...new aftershave.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Feminine Mystique, by Belle de la Mort.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Is that what the lads are wearing nowadays?- Yeah.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33So, there you go. Frank Matthews -
0:05:33 > 0:05:36a fantastic friend, but a rubbish liar.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38OK, next one.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42What's my thing?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44That's an interesting one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I suppose I'm quite into art. I like making stuff.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49What do you think?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- It's for Johnny. - Er...yeah, it's great.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56And I love cooking.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58You two, get chopping.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02'When you've been hungry, you really learn to appreciate food.'
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Here. You get yours free.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07'But what I really, really love...'
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Did you get the ice cream cones?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Er...yeah.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- What are they for, anyway? - You'll see.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16'..is to be able to combine the two...'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18That's weird.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Harry will like it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22CHEERING
0:06:22 > 0:06:24'..with food that looks great too.'
0:06:25 > 0:06:30So, there's good-looking food and then there's music.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34TROMBONE PLAYS: Hall Of The Mountain King
0:06:36 > 0:06:39There were loads of musicians in my family back in Somalia,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43and to hear an instrument played well is a magical thing.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I love that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Although that magic doesn't always work, of course.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55TROMBONE HONKS
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I came down here to get away from you!
0:06:57 > 0:06:58All I wanted was some peace and quiet.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- So do I.- Oh, funny(!)
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Was I really that bad?
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Worse.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I'm sorry.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I just thought that maybe this could be something I could do.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- You're doing it wrong.- Sorry?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13You need to do it properly. You're not even holding it right.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Give it to me. 'Yes, music means a lot to me.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19'In a way, that's kind of sad-happy.'
0:07:19 > 0:07:21It's my dad.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22He's a musician.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- He plays trombone?- The trumpet, too.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28That's how I know.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- And he taught you to play? - He was going to,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36but then some of his friends who were in the band, they...
0:07:36 > 0:07:38disappeared.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42"Disappeared"? What, they just ran off?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46They were killed, Tyler. Because they made music.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48OK. Time to change the subject.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I'm not someone who rants about things.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54I try to keep calm.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57After all, getting wound up about things that annoy you
0:07:57 > 0:07:59is just a waste of energy.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03But there's one thing that really does make me angry
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and that is when people don't trust me.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09You're searching my stuff? You think I'm the thief.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- I'm doing everyone's room. - But you came here first.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13You're the pickpocket.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- And I can never forget that. - Not my fault.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18'Even the nice ones cannot forget my past.'
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Kazima.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- The homeless girl?- Yeah.- The thief?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24You know that she only stole because she had to.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And what if she decides she has to have my stuff?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Mike, you're asking me to share my room with a criminal.- No.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34'It's as if I can never escape from some of the things I've done.'
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Hello, again.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41'And there's no getting away from the fact that I was good at it.'
0:08:42 > 0:08:44She tried saying it was her watch.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46We just want to talk to you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48No English. PHONE CAMERA CLICKS
0:08:48 > 0:08:49No photo!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Look, if you're not going to tell us, we'll just ask around.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Yeah, maybe the police will know. - No photo. No police.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02You OK?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- What happened? - I think you just fainted.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Rick!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12It's fine.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It's fine. I've got a photo of her face on my phone.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Yeah, she's good.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27'But even when things are going well, it's always there -
0:09:27 > 0:09:31'the worry that someone is going to start raking it all up again.'
0:09:39 > 0:09:43We had over 100,000 signatures.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45This is amazing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47We've even had messages from celebrities and stuff.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Yeah, we've had literally thousands of e-mails.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- What's wrong? - Nothing. You don't want to see.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Let me see.- No, Kaz, you don't want to...- Let me see.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Kaz!
0:10:04 > 0:10:05I'm sorry.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I don't understand.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13How could they know?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15'OK, I did do those things and it was wrong.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17'But who are others to judge?'
0:10:17 > 0:10:20What would you have done if you were in my shoes?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30So...next subject.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's funny.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I have faced up to a lot of frightening things and come through.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43But there is one thing I haven't been able to beat,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45although I've been able to hide it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm really sorry about this, Kazima.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49But they only gave us so many tickets
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- and what with finances being the way they are...- It's OK, Mike.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Are you sure that you're not just saying that?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Cos we can always rethink who's going...- It's OK. 100%.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Oh, thank you. The others will be very pleased to hear that.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05That's very grown-up of you, thank you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08'Yes, I am terrified of heights.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11'I was so pleased to avoid the theme park that time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14'And I thought my secret was safe,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18'until Tee and I got cornered in the attic by a pair of proper thieves.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22'They didn't steal to survive. They were greedy.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24'There was only one way to escape.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25'That was when it all came out.'
0:11:25 > 0:11:28We'll climb into the roof. There's a drainpipe we can shimmy down.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30No.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34If you're right,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37they're going to tear this place apart looking for that money -
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- including the attic, eventually. - I said no.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- But I think we can reach it... - No, OK? No! I'm not going out there.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Kaz, this could be our only chance. - You go, then.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Not without you. Come on, I know we can do this. Move.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Let go, let go!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52I don't like heights.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- You what?- Why do you think I didn't want to go on the trip?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00They go on these rides that are miles high - miles!
0:12:00 > 0:12:04'But just round the corner was a real nightmare.'
0:12:04 > 0:12:08One that I would climb the tallest ladder ever, blindfolded,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12with my hands tied behind my back to avoid.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17As you can see, your date of birth has been assessed as 1997.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19What?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22We know this girl. There's no way she's 18 years old.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24So you will no longer be treated
0:12:24 > 0:12:26as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child...
0:12:26 > 0:12:28This is outrageous...
0:12:28 > 0:12:32..which means you no longer have an automatic right to remain in the UK.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Do you understand what I've just said?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Do you know what it means?
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Yes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43You're sending me back to Somalia.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47'I have never felt so alone or frightened as I did then.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51'I didn't know who to turn to, so I went on the run.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- 'I kept trying to keep a clear head and ask myself...'- Kazima? Kazima!
0:12:56 > 0:12:59'"What would my dad do?"
0:12:59 > 0:13:01'I didn't have to wait long to ask him.'
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Abo?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Dad?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- SHE SOBS I'm sorry, Abo.- Shh...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Don't be sad today.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Today is a happy day.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Today is a wonderful day.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Dad was right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34That was the most wonderful day of my life.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38And now that I know he's OK, that makes every day better.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I know I'm lucky to be here and safe.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45So many people are not.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50So even on bad days, for me, life is great.