The STORY of a 12-Year-Old Boy who LEFT MADEIRA - Manuel Alexandre da Costa
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- This is the story of Manny who, at a young age, embarked on a journey that took him far from his homeland. Born and raised in Madeira, he experienced early on the challenges and opportunities that come with immigration. At the age of 12, he left Madeira and moved to South Africa, where he began to build a new life.
Throughout his life, the importance of hard work and education was key. In South Africa, he worked long hours-up to 14 hours a day-and still found the time to pursue his studies.
Despite the setbacks he faced in his business ventures upon returning to Madeira in 1991, he never gave up on self-improvement. He spent ten years attending various training courses, which enabled him to pivot to a career in tourism, a field where he could utilize his passion for languages and interaction with people.
Beyond his personal achievements, he has been deeply involved in his community. He has been an active member of the ALSAP (Luso-South African Association of Portugal), an organization he helped establish. His contributions to the community include giving talks at local schools, where he shares his experiences and stresses the importance of education.
Today, he takes pride in encouraging young people to pursue their studies and develop their talents, emphasizing that education is the key to reaching their full potential and succeeding in whatever path they choose. His journey from a young immigrant to a respected community member and advocate for education and self-improvement serves as an inspiration to many.
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Uncle Manny super proud of u, you my inspiration
Yes he is !! ❤️
Grateful for Manny’s positive story and to Hit the Road Madeira for bringing it to us.
Thank you Howard, and yes Manny is an inspiration 🙏
Thank you for this wonderful story and especially thank you Mr. Manny. I don't know Portuguese at all, and I only know a little English, but I felt the emotion and kindness that Mr. Manny conveys, and that is the most valuable thing today.
Thank you Angela, glad you enjoyed it, it is indeed a great story :))
Have a great weekend !! 🤠
I just want to show my support to what many already wrote. Very special video, very inspiring. Madeira's history - and present - is full of examples of globalization, emmigration, immigration. Always nice to hear first hand experiences! Keep on the good work!
Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏
There’s much more to come ;))
Have a great weekend my friend 🤠
What a beautiful story, and what a gentleman Senhor Manny is. Thanks for sharing guys!
Thank you Marius 🙏
Have a great weekend buddy 🤠
Sadly but also a wonderful story. I'm also a proud Portuguese that left Portugal when I was 4years old but had my parents waiting for me on the other side of the Atlantic USA. I'm know 57 and planning to return to my birth place .
Hopefully one day my friend.
The USA stories are coming soon, stay tuned !! 🤠
Thanks Sr Manny! Loved the story. Keep up the good work Jeff! 🇵🇹🇿🇦
A beautiful story indeed, thank you Antonio 🙏🤠
I was born in Monte in 1969. My parents left for the UK and I followed them in 1974. I grew up in London ! Madeira is beautiful, if you have never been, it should be on your list to visit before you die !
Wow a new country with only 5 years old 😳 hope to see you back in Madeira soon Neo! Bom fim de semana
Hi Jeff.
The Madeirense are hard working people! They left Madeira for a better life, to all parts of the world, that they had on the island. Like our parents.
Um abraço ! 🇵🇹🇿🇦
Very much so Manuel 💪💪💪
Very proud to be Madeirense ❤️
Oh my goodness Jeff, that was absolutely unique & special! 😮
Kudos to Mr Manuel who had to really start living by being independent at 12 & such achievements accomplished so he can now share his knowledge & experience with the younger generations of Madeira; you must be so proud to have him as part of your family!
My father left Bangladesh for England in his teens, he's now in his late 80s & I feel he's in a similar boat to Senhor Manny. He even managed to be awarded an MBE from The Queen in 2001 for his charity work both home & abroad, but that's another story & a potential future vlog for me as you've inspired my Jeff!
Have a great June my friend & also thanks to André for his camera work 🤗
It would be great to hear that story Rue ;)) get working on it buddy!!
Have a great weekend !! 🤠
What a great story buddy!
It's the story of part of my family. Some went to South Africa, others to Venezuela, where I was born!
Now we are spread all over the world, but a part of our ❤ is in Madeira, nosso cantinho do ceu!
Most definately, Madeirense are all over the world ❤️
Wonderful video of a special person who everyone in Madeira knows. My parents were also immigrants in South Africa and I was born there and also came alone to Madeira in 1991 (although I was 22 yrs old). Love living here and wouldn't want to live anywhere else ❤️🙏.
Couldn’t agree more, wouldn’t wanna live anywhere else!! Thank you Linete and yes, I’m very proud to have Manny as my cousin and friend, a truly special person indeed 🤠
Que homem tão querido. Os meus pais e o meu irmão deixaram o Caniço quando o meu irmão tinha 5 anos. Visitei a Madeira pela primeira vez em 1963 e as fotografias fizeram-me sentir saudades da minha avó e das minhas tias. As minhas visitas à Madeira deram-me um grande respeito pela coragem e força dos madeirenses, incluindo agora o Sr. Manuel. Muito obrigado por este relato da sua vida, Sr. Manuel. Que Deus o abençoe. Também um grande obrigado ao Jeff e à HTR Madeira. Ajudaram-me a localizar a casa da minha mãe no ano passado quando visitei a Madeira. Tinham passado 40 anos desde a minha última visita e isso significou muito.
Wow 🙏 muito obrigado 🙏
Um bom fim de semana a você e esperamos que estás novamente a visitar a nossa ilha em breve :))
Bom fim de semana!! 🤠
Hi Jeff, one of the best Videos you ever made thank you and your cousin so much.
Best regards Mark
Thank you very much Mark :))
Have a great weekend my friend
12 anos uma criança ainda. Saiu do seu lar para trabalhar num pais longe e de cultura totalmente diferente. Grande garra de homem.
Pois é !! Grande homem meu primo Manuel, um belo exemplo 💪🤠
Obrigado Patrícia!
Beautiful story ❤️
Indeed it is 🙏
Linda a sua historia. Muito parcida a historia do me marido que deixou a ilha da Madeira con 18 anos para a cidade de Toronto Canada em 1959. Tamtem deixou seus pais. Sem falafel a lingua inglesa foi para a escola. E dois anos de pois veio ser vendedor de automoveis e com muito susseco. Tor mais de30 anos no’s immigrants todos temos as Nossas historias. Nous madeirences Somos Guerreiros. E trabalhadores e nunca perdemos a nossa fe. Gracias a Deus e a nossa senhora do monte nossa padroeira. Muito obrigado. Bem Hana muita saude.
Muito obrigado pra partilhares isso connosco Tina :)) pois todos nós temos muito orgulho a ser Madeirense 💪🇵🇹
Uma boa semana a você, beijinhos e abraços da Madeira 🤠
Great stuff Jeff
Good to see the channel branching out.
The travel vids for Madeira practically sell themselves, but content like this is a real differentiator.
Thanks Johnny, yeah we really wanna start going deep ;)
Inspiring story and one that resonates personally with a lot of us having relatives that took this initial step in search of a better future. I equally enjoyed Manny explaining the importance of failure but how you can come back stronger! Powerful x
Most definitely Tania, we always see failure as a bad thing don’t we … glad you enjoyed the video and hopefully we can bring more stories like this to the channel 🙏
Another awesome video that brought out some emotions in me, because my grandfather also left Madeira for South Africa when he was 12 years old.
Glad you enjoyed it buddy 🙏
Hopefully we can bring more stories like this to the channel in the future :))
Have a great weekend! 🤠
While the circumstances surrounding my ancestors leaving Madeira were tragic, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for their bravery and foresight in coming to the United States. They settled in Jacksonville, Illinois. I am blessed to return to Madeira for the third time this October.
I would love to know more 🙏 could I ask you to send me an email please? I would love to know a bit more about that story, as tragic as it was, its a lesser known story and we’re very interested in telling it 🙏 hittheroadjeep@gmail.com
What an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your story!
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Manny também sou filho da imigração, mas a tua história é realmente impressionante, teres ido apenas com 12 anos, e ainda depois de tudo teres enviado o dinheiro da tua viagem aos teus pais.
Uma inspiração 💪🤠
Reminds me of the story of my parents who left the Azores to Canada for a better life. The irony is now that i'm leaving Canada for the Azores for a better life. Funny how that works.
Mine came over to US from Azores 1891.
Im more than a little temped to make the move back.
It is indeed ironic how this is happening now
Manny, loved your story. Such a strong boy and adventure for a 12 year old. Myself, I left Portugal at 12 years of age but with my parents. They left after the revolution in 1975, and 40 + years later, I returned 6 years ago, and I wish I had returned home sooner! Last year, I visited SA including Capetown, which I absolutely loved, along with Durban. So happy that you never forgot home, Portugal needs people like you. God bless you Manny e um grande abraço.
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There are thousands of Portuguese around the world with a similar story
There indeed are 🙏
Great story
I believe so yes, sometimes we like to complain when in fact we have it very good don’t we ;) bom fim de semana my friend 🤠
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