In this episode Manchán speaks with Naledi from Botswana. Naledi grew up in the town of Francistown, Botswana as her grandmother was a teacher there. ‘My mum had me when she was twenty so she went to university, so I had to stay with my grandmother. I remember the times sitting by the gate at the time she came home and I’d be standing there singing songs.

As regards her hopes, ‘I like to work with people, which is why I decided to be a healthcare assistant, to assist people who cannot assist themselves.  I’ve always done homecare as that’s what I’m good at and what I prefer. Because in homecare you assist the person, you don’t do everything for them. I like that it doesn’t take away their freedom.

She describes how jobs are limited for foreigners and so most find it easier to go into healthcare. Most stay there as it is just too difficult to find another job. ’You try to do the easiest and the quickest job, rather than applying for another job and hoping you might get it.’ She remembers feeling boxed in when she arrived in Ireland, ‘I realised I couldn’t do the things I wanted because I didn’t have the qualifications or documentation. You end up settling.'Home Stories was funded by Creative Ireland alongside the county councils of Laois and Westmeath.