Related to members of the opposition, Mr and Mrs Kazadi were kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured in their native Katanga. Beaten daily, kept with very little food and no sanitation….there is little doubt that had they not escaped when they did, Mr and Mrs Kazadi (pregnant at the time with their daughter) would soon have been killed or died from starvation and torture. The couple arrived in Belfast in 2005 to rebuild their lives, soon after Mr Kazadi got a job; Benita was born and then Sephora here later and the family have since become valued, integrated and popular members of the Belfast Community.